SUPPORTING WHĀNAU REBUILD NEEDS

Getting whānau back into their homes remains the focus of the Wairoa Recovery Office.
To help reach this aspiration, a team of helpers from the Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints Church are in town to help with the rebuild.
The tradies have a goal to rebuild five homes with all materials
and labour costs covered by the generosity of the Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints Humanitarian South Pacific arm, which provides relief and development projects for humanitarian purposes in countries all over the world.
The five houses selected for rebuilding all have differing requirements and have specifically
been chosen to use as a pilot to develop costs and project scope.
The Wairoa Recovery team is grateful for the church’s support and the significance the work will have on the lives of local whānau. “We are delighted that after an international process and support from the Church the rebuild completely funded by the church is about to begin.” 

A partnership between local enablers and the Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints Church will see five Wairoa flood-affected homes rebuilt. Discussions for the rebuilds began with a hui in August last year which was attended by the following people. Pictured from left, First Counsellor Wairoa Bishop William McRoberts, Wairoa Ward Bishop Andrew Scotson, President Peter Meyers, Wairoa Recovery Manager Benita Tahuri, Enabled Wairoa Inc. Shelley Smith, Wairoa Mayor Craig Little, Chair of Wairoa Taiwhenua Nigel How, Gisborne Stake President Maui Aben, Elder Jared Ormsby.