The council says 200 homes have been flood-affected to some degree.

A surge of volunteers have arrived in the Hawke's Bay town to help clean up.

The mayoral relief fund give-a-little has also opened if people want to give donations.

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01 Jul: An inquiry is expected to look into the severe flooding in Wairoa

30 Jun: MetService is warning of heavy rain, possibly heavy snow and northwest gales for parts of central and southern New Zealand

30 Jun: MetService is warning of heavy rain for western parts of the South Island, and says severe northwest gales are possible for the Canterbury High Country tonight

29 Jun: As the clean up gets underway in Wairoa, Police say they are keeping people and property safe

28 Jun: There's been an earthquake of 7.2 magnitude near the coast of central Peru, 18 kilometres deep

28 Jun: State Highway 1 through Northland's Brynderwyn Hills is back in action

28 Jun: New Delhi's poor desperate for a drink as a monster heatwave and 'tanker mafia' combine

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