Craig Little

A Hawke's Bay Mayor says he was shocked by the government's attempt to entrench part of its Three Waters legislation.

The Green Party put forward the entrenchment clause, which would require a future… Audio

Auckland's mayor Wayne Brown argues his teams alternative three waters proposal would build consensus across the country.

It's already gathering support with a group of 31 councils opposing three… Audio

Wairoa District Mayor Craig Little shares an update on ex- tropical cyclone Fili. Audio

Heavy rain has started hitting Gisborne and Hawke's Bay in the last hour - with the area still recovering from a storm three weeks ago.

A red rain warning - MetService's highest - is still in place… Audio

Just weeks after devastating floods caused widespread evacuations on the North Island's east coast, Cyclone Fili made landfall last night and headed towards pretty much the same spots. Joining Nathan… Audio

Wairoa Mayor Craig Little updates Karyn Hay on the current state of the weather as ex-tropical cyclone Fili passes through Wairoa. Audio

Panellists Liam Hehir and Amy Carter discuss the recent craze in Crown Lynn swans and tell us what they've been thinking. Audio

Metservice has issued severe weather warnings for large parts of Te-Ika-a-Māui - the North Island - with red warnings for Gisborne and the Wairoa District.

The bad weather, brought by former cyclone… Audio

Some Mahia residents spent an uneasy night away from their homes due to flooding in Hawke's Bay.

Wairoa's mayor confirmed about a dozen people have self-evacuated from low-lying areas.

Severe gales… Audio

The town of Wairoa in the northern Hawkes Bay area is bracing itself for a Covid-19 outbreak which modelling predicts could kill 14 people. The national death toll for the entire pandemic sits at 65… Audio

Wairoa in Hawke's Bay has a reputation for gang violence and drug abuse that stretches back years.

Police, iwi and the council say time is up and they are joining forces to disrupt crime and restore… Audio

Controversy is brewing over Rocket Lab's work at the Māhia peninsula.

Locals are angry at the use of military payloads, and accuse the company at breaking its promise.

But the local mayor is all for… Audio

Hawke's Bay mayors are divided over new water reforms, despite all of them singing from the same song sheet less than six months ago.

The breakdown comes as the mayor of an isolated rural district… Audio

The owner of a Hawke's Bay bar where a stray bullet from a shootout injured a staff member says the government is "delusional" about its efforts to quash gangs.

There have been several gang related… Audio

Wairoa Mayor Craig Little speaks to Ellie Jay about Kiwirail reopening line to Napier taking hundreds of logging trucks off the roads. Audio

The Wairoa mayor says licensing facilities must be brought back to the town.

Learner drivers in Wairoa have been taking to the roads illegally because of the obstacles they face in getting a licence.

Learner drivers in small towns and country areas are taking to the roads illegally because the tests to get their licence have been banned outside of bigger main centres.

Teenagers often have their… Audio

The government has announced a multi-million dollar investment to upgrade under-pressure water systems across the country, but there's a catch.

A $760 million package will kick-start urgent work to… Audio

It's the time of the week where we speak to one of the people leading our local communities. This week we head to Wairoa - where the Mayor is Craig Little Audio

Drivers are being warned to check for trains since the Wairoa-to-Napier has been reopened for the first time since significant storm damage saw the route mothballed in 2012.

The line has been… Audio