Wairoa cleans up and counts cost of yet another flood

Hana Stewart2026-07-12T05:29:36.000Z

Another flood in Wairoa... at this point it's just part of the yearly budget aye. Hope the council's finally gonna do something about the drainage 🙄

Riley Scott2026-07-12T05:53:36.000Z

Yeah nah clean up crew's been flat out all day. My cousin's shop is wrecked again. Sick of this.

Chloe Martin2026-07-12T06:13:36.000Z

Surely someone's pocketing the flood prevention funds. This keeps happening and nothing changes.

Riley Scott2026-07-12T07:03:36.000Z

mate we all know the money goes to consultants who write reports that sit on a shelf

Casey Adams2026-07-12T06:28:36.000Z

ffs just move the town already it's literally a floodplain

Ruby Fraser2026-07-12T06:44:36.000Z

nah they'll just blame it on 'one in 100 year event' that somehow happens every 18 months

Casey Adams2026-07-12T06:54:36.000Z

nobody wants to move tho, it's their homes and whakapapa. but council needs to step up

Eva Anderson2026-07-12T06:42:36.000Z

heartbreaking to see the businesses hit again. the limery was just getting back on its feet 😢

Hayden Kelly2026-07-12T06:47:36.000Z

been here 50 years and the river never used to do this. climate change is real whether u like it or not

Eva Anderson2026-07-12T07:22:36.000Z

exactly this, the patterns are changing so fast it's scary

Ella Thompson2026-07-12T06:56:36.000Z

just drove through wairoa earlier, roads were a mess. props to the SES for helping out

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