External review of manual points to better preparedness for future floods in Tairāwhiti.

People are shown calmly wading through knee-deep water in gumboots.

There was no operational plan for managing the river mouth.

Inquiry reveals regional council ignored residents and lacked a river bar management plan.

The review did not go as far as stating an earlier opening of the bar would have worked.

Tenants of State homes damaged in floods say they should have been told the house was on a flood plain because of the potential risk.

Almost 200 homes near Te Ararata Stream flooded in last year's storms.

Fabish to oversee Wairoa's $70 million flood protection after cyclone's devastation.

Dallas McKinley says waking in his flooded home on Sunday morning felt like a bad dream.

MetService is warning wind gusts exceeding 110km/h are possible in Auckland.

Couple describe offer as 'bewildering' but council insists process is fair.

News snippets from around the Far North.

The Kawakawa Deflection Bank and Ōtiria-Moerewa Spillway formally open to prevent floods.

Brown said the appointment would give the community “more confidence”.

Council predicts widespread community concern over flood models.

Gisborne District Council expands flood relief, includes retaining walls.

The items had to be transported through the Suez Canal.

Club overcomes adversity as it celebrates its 150th anniversary this year.

The agency has changed the way it looks at temporary housing in the flood-hit region.

100,000 people are at risk of being evacuated if another extreme rain event is forecast.

As the cleanup continues, some residents face an uncertain future.

Toitu Tairāwhiti provides the first of seven temporary accommodation cabins to Wairoa.

As the cleanup continues, Wairoa residents face an uncertain future.

The row of portable office cabins has been piquing the curiosity of passing motorists.