Craig Little

Wairoa's mayor Craig Little reflects on the first anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle, where the town's scars remain raw, and rebuilding is challenging. Audio

Three million dollars of the $63 million going to Cyclone Gabrielle recovery efforts have been ring-fenced to remove woody debris in Wairoa.

Mayor Craig Little welcomed the announcement but cautioned… Audio

The Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is touring cyclone and rain battered parts of Hawke's Bay.

On Friday morning he was in Wairoa to gauge progress of the town's recovery and find out what more is… Audio

To Hawke's Bay now, and YET ANOTHER slip closed part of state highway 2 between Napier and Wairoa yesterday, and motorists were left without a detour. The road stayed closed overnight and Waka Kotahi… Audio

A Hawke's Bay school community that lost its classrooms in Cyclone Gabrielle has been flooded again - this time out of its temporary home. 

On Tuesday night, heavy rain caused floods, road closures… Audio

Flooding and slips on the main highways north and south of the Wairoa have cut off the town on Wednesday.

The road to Waikaremoana - State Highway 38 is also closed. 

Fire and Emergency, says it… Audio

The small Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa is humming this week - after just one ticket won the Powerball first division in the weekend Lotto draw! The winning ticket was sold at New World Wairoa... and has… Audio

Hundreds of people whose homes were wrecked by Cyclone Gabrielle will find out today if they're able to rebuild on their flood damaged property.

The Cyclone Recovery Minister said on Tuesday that… Audio

State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Napier will be open around the clock from today, after first reopening to daytime traffic two weeks ago.

The stretch of road was heavily damaged in the wake of… Audio

Wairoa's mayor Craig Little has launched a petition in the hope that one of his town's most vulnerable citizens is returned home. 69 Year old Gavin Jones is intellectually disabled and has been forced… Audio

Hawke's Bay families on either side of the Waikare Gorge are able to drive for a catch up, for the first time in three months. State Highway 2 between Napier and Wairoa opened to traffic at 7am on… Audio

Councils in some of the regions hit hardest by Cyclone Gabrielle are relieved the government is promising to pay for the repair job on local roads - so the cost won't fall back on ratepayers. The… Audio

Hawke's Bay mayors are telling the government they need much more detail about a new plan to decide if people have to permanently leave their flood damaged homes. They say cyclone hit communities are… Audio

The completion of a bridge that would have reconnected Wairoa to Napier has been delayed by a month.

Waka Kotahi is building a bailey bridge across the Waikari River on State Highway 2 between Napier… Audio

A month after the Wairoa mayor Craig Little asked the Hawkes Bay Regional Council to launch an inquiry into the February floods he's still waiting for an official response. Up to 400 homes on the… Audio

Wairoa Mayor Craig Little talks to Lisa Owen about cyclone relief funding for businesses.

Cyclone Recovery Minister Grant Robertson declined to be interviewed about the fund, but in a statment says… Video, Audio

Three weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle and flood victims are still waiting to hear more details of the government recovery plan.

Major state highways are out for the foreseeable for Wairoa, Hawke's… Video, Audio