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Kōrero: Hawke’s Bay region

Wairoa River bridge, 1988

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Wairoa River bridge, 1988

Northern Hawke’s Bay was badly damaged by Cyclone Bola, which struck this district and East Coast in March 1988. Heavy rainfall raised the level of the Wairoa River, which washed away the central span of the town’s bridge.

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: 9 March 1988

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Kerryn Pollock, Hawke’s Bay region – Landscape and climate, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/24344/wairoa-river-bridge-1988 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 22 January 2010, updated 1 July 2015.