Shiny beacon: During the revamp of the Wairoa Lighthouse it was discovered the dome is made of copper. Photo/Supplied An email from a local painter to the Wairoa mayor led to an exciting discovery ...

The Genesis Energy Lake to Lighthouse Challenge has won the Supreme Award at the TrustPower Wairoa Community Awards. The Awards were announced and presented tonight (Monday 12 October) at a ...

“The college wanted something that illustrated the uniqueness of Wairoa’s heritage,” he told The Wairoa Star. The landmark lighthouse is at the centre of the work.

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 ...

Richard Ussher "took the handbrake off" on Sunday to win the Genesis Energy Lake to Lighthouse Challenge – beating fellow Nelsonian Trevor Voyce by just five minutes after over 12 hours of racing.

An Ogden missionary who went missing during Cyclone Gabrielle was found safe in Wairoa, New Zealand, his mother confirmed.Amy Williams had not heard from her so ...

Little said the Wairoa District Council had raised “a lot of money ourselves” for the response; including a Givelittle of more than $116,000 and about $800,000 from their mayoral fund.

Gale force southerlies are lashing the district, where a heavy rain warning remains in place until midday on Saturday. Civil Defence local controller for Wairoa, Juanita Savage, said officials are ...

In June, KiwiRail completed the rehabilitation of the Napier-Wairoa rail line. KiwiRail chief operating officer Todd Moyle said: “Each train could take up to 50 long-distance truck hauls off the road ...

Snow has settled on Wairoa's main street for the first time in living memory. Residents of the small northern Hawke's Bay town woke on Monday morning to find the town streets blanketed with a 1 ...