Timber frames, a bath and a shower are all that remains in Marie Tuahine’s home after it was left severely damaged by June’s flood.
The funding came from the Civil Defence Emergency Managemen Resilience Fund Grant.
Whanganui District Council is sticking with plans to introduce Māori seats, describing it as a pushback against Government moves to bring in new rules around Māori wards.
Police have been called to a protest in the Bay of Islands where opponents of a housing development say three people were trespassed and one was taken away in handcuffs.
The Cyclone Gabrielle flood review for Hawkes Bay reveals resourcing and funding of river and flood management was inadequate in many areas.
One of Kāinga Ora’s most controversial developments in Northland is now under review, as the debt-laden agency is required to improve its financial performance.
Over the weekend Kerepēhi Marae celebrated the opening of its new wharekai, Tutu Hauaru.
Only the timing of Wairoa’s devastating flood stopped people from dying, the town’s mayor says.
Special votes and Saturday voting are still to be counted.
A wind farm of concern to local iwi because of its impact on the mauri of their maunga tapu is now fully operational north of Napier.