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![Employees laid off weeks after returning to work](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Employees laid off weeks after returning to work
More than 100 workers at Affco's Wairoa meatworks have been laid off, just weeks after returning to work.
![Mayor, police and MP to meet over gang violence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Mayor, police and MP to meet over gang violence
Wairoa police will meet with the town's mayor and the local MP next week after the second gang-related shooting in five days.
![Mass arrests after all-in gang brawl](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Mass arrests after all-in gang brawl
A man was shot in the face and 24 arrests made after a violent gang brawl in the Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa this morning.
![Woman police officer attacked by drunk driver](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Woman police officer attacked by drunk driver
A woman police constable was attacked by a motorist she pulled over for drunken driving.
![Six arrested after gang fight ends in shooting](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Six arrested after gang fight ends in shooting
Armed police remain on alert after a gang confrontation in Wairoa last night ended with a man being shot in the face.
![Man died after choking on pie - Coroner](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Man died after choking on pie - Coroner
Bar patrons took a drunk man outside because they thought he was about to vomit, not realising he was choking on a pie, the coroner has found.