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‘Pure luck’ that Wairoa residents were evacuated amid communication breakdown

by Alexa Cook of RNZ Hundreds of Wairoa residents at risk of flooding were evacuated only because an official was woken by her baby, then checked her emails in the middle of the night. About 4am on June 26, Wairoa District Council Civil Defence and...

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RNZ

13 Sep 2024

Focus on the Land

Sheep profitability forecast ‘sobering’: High costs and weak demand erode profit margins

by Monique Steele, RNZ It is looking like another challenging season ahead for the country’s already struggling sheep farmers. Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s new season outlook showed while global demand for red meat was forecast to improve slightly...

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RNZ

12 Sep 2024

Focus on the Land

No kidding: ‘Inner-city’ goats delivering milk to capital

by Gianina Schwanecke, RNZ Situated in a valley below Wellington’s Brooklyn wind turbine, Naomi and Frans Steenkamp are busy preparing for the next round of kids. The couple, along with their four human children, have been supplying Wellington...

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DNA analysis confirms species: Whale found at Te Kaha unusually ‘rare’

by Peter de Graaf, RNZ A baby whale that died shortly after stranding near East Cape has been identified as a species so rare it has only been seen four times before in New Zealand, and never as a new-born. The gingko-toothed beaked whale was...

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‘We grow our people’: Wairoa trust cares for community and land while teaching rangatahi life skills

by Gianina Schwanecke, RNZ It’s been a year of firsts for Wairoa’s post-settlement trust, Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa. Not only did Haumako — the horticulture branch of the trust — celebrate its first commercial apple harvest, it also...

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Hundreds join search for Kaizer, 5, missing in Tiniroto area near Gisborne

Temperatures in the Gisborne area dropped down to around 3C last night, according to MetService

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Research casts doubt on plantain as a solution to nitrogen leaching

The methodology used in past studies that have hailed the herb as an answer to N-leaching is under fire, writes Monique Steele of RNZ. A new study is debunking research that suggested the common grazing herb plantain could mitigate nitrogen leaching...

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Living in a house stripped down to timber frames after Wairoa flooding

by Ashleigh McCaull of RNZ A Wairoa woman feels stranded in her home after the bottom floor of her two-storey house was left saturated by June’s floods. Rawinia Harker’s home was hit hard during Cyclone Gabrielle, but was hit even worse this...

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Tairāwhiti meth study looks at long-term effects

by Jimmy Ellingham of RNZ For more than 15 years Jasmine Taare was a meth addict. The Gisborne musician and early-childhood educator kept it a secret, turning to the drug to cope with life’s difficulties. Now, she’s stopped using it and is part...

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Wairoa residents angry at having to endure clean-up once again

by Jimmy Ellingham of RNZ More than 100 people remain out of their homes in Wairoa following June’s flood in the northern Hawke’s Bay town. Among them are Steve and Rangitaka Kelly, who live on Ngamotu Rd, a few hundred metres from the Wairo...

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Timing only thing to prevent flood deaths in Wairoa - mayor

by Ashleigh McCaull of RNZ Only the timing of Wairoa’s devastating flood stopped people from dying, the town’s mayor says. As the clean-up continues, some residents face an uncertain future — but locals are determined to stay. Wairoa resident...

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Govt launches review into HBRC management of Wairoa River

The Government is giving the Wairoa community another $500,000 to help it recover from devastating flooding and will lead an urgent review into how Hawke’s Bay Regional Council managed the Wairoa River. The river flooded more than 400 properties...

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RNZ

03 Jul 2024

News

Wairoa flooding: Locals can’t afford $40m clean-up bill - mayor

The damage to Wairoa from last week’s devastating flooding could top $40 million, which the town cannot afford, the mayor says. About 500 properties in the town were flooded when heavy rain hit parts of the East Coast last week, with 116 houses...

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RNZ

01 Jul 2024