{"id":517713,"date":"2026-07-09T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/517713\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:00:09","slug":"live-local-state-of-emergency-declared-for-wairoa-as-river-levels-continue-to-rise-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/517713\/","title":{"rendered":"Live: Local state of emergency declared for Wairoa as river levels continue to rise &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxQMWtVY3EzelJnRTF4U1BGYnZNRTB4S3BjZDY5VVhlQ0RaemFOdHMyaFRacDhvWE1DLVByQzdtWXBFX2I2WlI5UFoxc2J2OGliM1d0YW96Y2ZjNFQyMW5KOWtURjFnVk44Y1VOU0hhTzdMN1YwWjF6RUYyN0hJcUhUMlRaZm10SHlFREhmS1RhZ19sMkZxQUh4TUNicnpfalZjUTNzQUp0T0Y0d2NxbXg4Qg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Live: Local state of emergency declared for Wairoa as river levels continue to rise<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxNUmJmeDR6MzlEWFRxblprck5Ed211SXMxZzJseGRrTVNRQXU0S01Oc0FBZm1JcHZiLUJJV0gtTC1vVi03RmUwdnlrc1p4MTBGUVd3aFotN1pBY0FGcnFvelR4YkVhMHB2MFp5S0ZSbElEWG5IYnZxZ2FuWlV5NTJmXzRlYnkxS3Z6cnNfWUpvNHNOcUxTN3F2cXdSVkdIZUVFcmplTld2T2dTWkxRaV9ld2lMOGI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Evacuate now: Emergency alert sent to Wairoa residents as flooding begins<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxPNmUxUFdWMDhPUlFXSEhqQjNVWFhONThFWGx0SUhiZ2VqclphN21kM2lLblpXYWVnak1wQ0RtUHMwem9qeHdzTGZhYWxGLVJaTzMwQ3dvdVlMckpDNVRnU05fLS1GRlAwczBJOTlJYnFrNDV6Y3ZqSzd0Q1FSMC04OXhZZnF4R2kxblBqNzF1Z3g4UXBNZHNKYTRxNW5uMUNfLW9WcTNacUJTZXd1OXRxSjFZcGpFSjVkcU4zN0lNd0JST3hh?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rain warning lifted in most areas, rough weather reaches central North Island<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxPUFRwOU9fTURUMERQLVg1OVdOSHBQX2NHdlhUVFRMMUlOa01sZGFpbWhBT09TMlMxakVXTnViVXBYLWR0Yy0xcGVFRXlwYnJUTTdNWWJGdGpzWFBpXzJKdFllRUdrWTdRbVhTd2txNVFsZmtINWlwa19oZlRnYmo2ZUNXeHRUUnkwSVRLYU1xbUNFYldnYTdTRDJkUnJfZzJ3UHpONVBB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Heavy rain warnings, gusts of up to 120km\/h as storm moves up country<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;1News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxOT3hDeXd5VkdSNTJ5elppUlQ3TXVsM3lzNDJNRFFnbE5iYVBodUNJWjMyOUJpZHVNRjMzX2tIa1FFYTd4UV8yQ3d0WjIwcTJQSW9vN0hoR19hYWQycDY3aWtGUUJCVHVJRmN0MEdFckxJeEdfd2VvZm9hLTFrZXNMU0xHVHR3NmlOeFlVSXJpZHpJVE45Y2tncGVmSHNKdXRkNzBYSE1DSW1wSDVmaG9EWUFDVm5ZUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Prepare to leave\u2019: Wairoa residents warned river levels may \u2018rise significantly\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Live: Local state of emergency declared for Wairoa as river levels continue to rise&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffEvacuate now: Emergency alert sent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-517713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}