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Police say a person who died in a crash in northern Hawke's Bay was a 14-year-old. Kaos Brown, from Wairoa, died after the single vehicle crash on 12 January, police said in a statement. "Kaos was a ...

Kaos Kotuhi-Brown, 14, was killed in a single-vehicle crash reported to police on State Highway 2, between Ohinepaka and Mōhaka, near Wairoa about 11.15am on Sunday. Police said four other people ...

The Wairoa A&P Show, which was to have been held this week, has been cancelled again because of bad weather that brought as much as half a year’s average rainfall to the town in only five weeks. It’s ...

Kaos Kotuhi-Brown, a 14-year-old student at Wairoa College, always put a smile on the faces of people he met, his teachers say. Photo / Wairoa College A small Hawke’s Bay community is mourning ...

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The girls’ team heading to Lake Karāpiro for the waka ama sprint nationals. A hardy group of Wairoa children and their whānau are primed for the waka ama national sprints on Lake Karāpiro.

One person has died in a crash west of Wairoa in northern Hawke's Bay. A section of State Highway 2 was blocked after the the single vehicle crash that happened at around 11.15am. Four other people in ...

One person has died in a crash on State Highway 2 near Wairoa today. The crash happened several kilometres west of the town at about 11.15am. Four other people in the car were injured and ...

Police say there are several people and serious injury involved. The crash, several kilometres west of the town, happened around 11.15am.