It's bad." In big weather events, the regional council digs channels in the sand bar across Wairoa's river mouth so the river can flow out to sea more easily. But the work didn't begin until ...

Wairoa's flood hit residents are urging the Hawke's Bay Regional Council to act on a raft of recommendations around its management of the river bar in June, when 400 properties were flooded.

A woman whose land is in the direct path of a proposed Wairoa spillway has a message for people not affected - stop grandstanding and save the drama for Shortland Street. Wiki Hauraki says ...

Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa Trust chairman Leon Symes stands beside the Wairoa River. He says the degradation of local waterways is "both an environmental and cultural crisis". The trust is ...