A new stopbank is being planned for Waiohiki just outside of Napier to help protect the community from future floods. There are plenty of stopbanks alongside.
A year on from Cyclone Gabrielle, the Puketapu area is still without the bridge that links the north and south parts of the community, and its effects are.
Police are urging people to do the right thing and not to drink and drive, after nabbing eight drivers over the legal alcohol limit at two checkpoints in.
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The Hastings District Council has confirmed new work is being carried out on the Redclyffe Bridge, between Taradale and Waiohiki, because of cracking on the.