User Profile

Hawke's Bay
Today

Cheaper to send rubbish down road: Ōmarunui Landfill to accept 4000 tonnes of Wairoa’s rubbish annually

Plans that will see Wairoa’s excess waste trucked to Hawke’s Bay’s largest landfill on a temporary basis to ease the burden caused by flooding and Cyclone Gabrielle are one step closer to being firmed up. Members of the Ōmarunui Refuse...

Click here

‘Surprising’ decision to not open bar earlier: Wairoa flood review finds shortcomings in regional council’s approach and attitude

by Gary Hamilton-Irvine A Government review into Wairoa’s latest floods has labelled a decision not to begin opening the Wairoa River bar earlier as “surprising”, given the information Hawke’s Bay Regional Council had available to it. It...

Click here

Hawke's Bay Today

11 Sep 2024

News

Wairoa resident frustrated by shooting response

by Michaela Gower A Wairoa woman living on a street where a late-night shooting occurred says the initial police response of sending one police car was inadequate. The McLean St resident, who asked to remain anonymous, said she was outside having...

Click here

Attempted surf rescue earns bravery award: Off-duty policeman took some time to come to terms with it

by Mitchell Hageman Constable Ben Whitley admits it took him a while to mentally accept receiving one of New Zealand’s most prestigious bravery awards. “It didn’t really sit that well with me at first,” he told Hawke’s Bay Today. “People...

Click here

Hawke's Bay Today

04 Sep 2024

News

Flood-affected Wairoa residents flock to hall to hear of plans to sue Hawke’s Bay council

by James Pocock A public meeting to gauge interest in a class action against Hawke’s Bay Regional Council for people affected by the June flooding in Wairoa needed to move to a bigger hall to contain the more than 100 people who attended. More...

Click here

Hawke's Bay Today

20 Aug 2024

News

Officials unwilling to take a punt on Wairoa Racecourse returning to action

by Doug Laing New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing’s response to a bid to revive the Wairoa Racecourse reads like a death knell for any hope of horse racing returning to Northern Hawke’s Bay and the East Coast. But the Wairoa Racing Club, established...

Click here

Win for Wairoa shearer at Black Isle Show in Scotland

by Doug Laing Wairoa shearer Bruce Grace has celebrated the end of his first season in the United Kingdom by winning a competition at the historic Black Isle Show in Scotland. Following in the footsteps of mentor, employer, 2017 world champion...

Click here

Hawke's Bay Today

07 Aug 2024

News

Mayor’s plea: Don’t waste money on Waikare bridge

by Doug Laing Forget the bridge, get on with the bypass. Wairoa Mayor Craig Little That’s the plea from Wairoa Mayor Craig Little as uncertainty continues over the near future of the long-awaited State Highway 2 Waikare Gorge Realignment proposal...

Click here

Hawke's Bay Today

06 Aug 2024

Business

Ziwi crowned best exporter: Pet food company described as ‘global success story’

Pet food giant Ziwi, which operates a $100 million mega kitchen near Napier, has been crowned the Hawke’s Bay ASB Exporter of The Year. The 2024 ExportNZ ASB Hawke’s Bay Export Awards ceremony was held at Hastings’ Toitoi Hawke’s Bay Arts...

Click here

Hawke's Bay Today

02 Aug 2024

News

Wairoa: A town at a crossroads

Wairoa needs help. But the people of this hard-hit town believe in their community — its spirit, its potential and its ‘heartiness’. All they want is for everyone else to believe in them too . . . James Pocock investigates The burden of multiple...

Click here

Hawke's Bay Today

02 Aug 2024

News

Mōrere Hot Springs reopening delayed another three months

by James Pocock Community members are urging the Department of Conservation to hasten work to reopen Mōrere Hot Springs. DoC has confirmed at least another three-month wait before the community can reconnect with the natural taonga. A popular...

Click here

‘We feel tarnished’: Rugby players vow to help ease Wairoa tensions through sport

Leaders of two clubs caught in the middle of a carpark gang melee at the end of a rugby match in Wairoa on Saturday are vowing to do all they can to help resolve gang tensions — using sport as the healer. Both Wairoa club and new Poverty Bay...

Click here

‘We couldn’t find her’: Aunt claims family tried to get Casino back to Napier, but heard nothing

The Hawke’s Bay-based whānau of Casino-Rockk Ataria-Wharehinga say they were ignored by Oranga Tamariki and cut out of her life when she was sent to Gisborne to live with relatives she had never met. When she was finally brought back to Napier...

Click here

Hawke's Bay Today

29 Jul 2024