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After flood, fears of Wairoa exodus: Resident says he has ‘had a guts-full’

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by Gary Hamilton-Irvine 

Some long-term Wairoa residents and business owners are so exasperated by an increasing number of floods hitting the northern Hawke’s Bay township that they’re considering leaving town. 

They say solutions are needed immediately to better manage the Wairoa River mouth. 

Wairoa resident Rob Gregory has lived in the same house on Kopu Rd for 34 years an...


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