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September 12, 2024 | News
Quick action needed to keep Wairoa floods at bay
Ikaroa Rāwhiti MP Cushlar Tangaere-Manuel says a rapid review into the June Wairoa flood response doesn't tell locals anything they didn't already know.
April 21, 2026
July 25, 2024 | News
Local knowledge best for Wairoa flood fix
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti MP Cushla Tangaere-Manuel says a new relief package for Wairoa falls well short of what the flood-hit community needs.
July 24, 2024 | News
Iwi neighbours help Wairoa with housing
East Coast iwi collective Toitu Tairawhiti has delivered seven portable cabins to Wairoa to house whanau while their flood damaged homes are repaired.
July 16, 2024 | News
Social housing putea sought for Wairoa flood recovery
The chair of Tatau Tatau o Te Wairoa, Leon Symes, says if the Government wants to recycle money for the flood clean up it should also dip into its social housing budget.
July 15, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Leon Symes | Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa chairman
The floods hit more homes in Wairoa and people are struggling to get the basics. The Coalitition government has promised an extra $3m. Is it enough?
July 4, 2024 | News
More pūtea for Wairoa flood clean-up
The Government is putting a further $500,000 into the Wairoa Mayoral Relief Fund in the wake of last week's flooding, on top of its initial $100,000 contribution.
May 19, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Traci Houpapa | Chair of The Federation of Māori Authorities
The impact of the floods and infrastructure damage on Māori economic growth and budget 2023
March 7, 2023 | News
Ngai Tai ready to replace flood hit Mangere housing
Ngai Tai ki Tamaki chair James Brown says his iwi has the answer for Mangere families whose homes went under water in the Anniversary Weekend floods.
February 17, 2023 | News
Insurance scrambling to keep up with claims
Tamaki Makaurau MP Peeni Henare says the land is still shifting at the Auckland west coast settlements of Muriwai and Piha, makingit hard to fully assess the extent of damage from Cyclone Gabrielle.
February 15, 2023 | News
Cyclone exposes infrastructure weakness
A Far North District councillor says Cyclone Gabrielle has highlighted the gaps in the region's infrastructure whicfh need addresing by local and central government.
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