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Wairoa flood risk remains a challenge

The man tasked with stopping Wairoa from flooding says a groyne could have prevented the latest damage from the town’s notorious river. Crown Manager Lawrence Yule says a training groyne near Pilot Hill at the rivermouth could have helped prevent the latest flooding in the Northern Hawke’s Bay township. Around 14 properties were yellow-stickered following […]

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