10 Sep 2024

Around the motu: Chris Hyde in Hawkes Bay

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 10 September 2024
West Coast councillors fear they may not be prepared enough to avoid a similar flooding situation to Wairoa.

Photo: Pool / NZME

Wairoa’s CBD is set for a makeover - with council bosses to contribute towards some spruce-up work and leaving the door open for potential fines for landlords whose properties are in a state of decay.

And a post-cyclone ban on whitebaiting for most of Hawke’s Bay has ended and one catcher says conditions have been “brilliant” to start the season.

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