Choppers and toe-tapping make for a family fun weekend in Hawke’s Bay
Family-friendly fun was abundant in Hawke's Bay over the weekend.
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The interview: 'World's most famous hostage' Sir Terry Waite on sweating the small stuff
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Chris Barber and his wife did 'everything they could' to make things work.
Park's goal of all children to 'have fun' is closer with new communication boards
Anderson Park playground has just got a little more fun for all children.
Olympic window opens: Napier prepped and poised for triathlon 'coup'
Olympic window wide open for Napier competitors.
450-home project will expand Flaxmere, orchard and vineyard make way
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Ghost aisles: The soon-to-be closed supermarket that’s a shadow of what it once was
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Ata Moana draws inspired by the Tongan practice of pattern-making
Patterns morph into an organic experience, bridging the realms of technology and nature
Eskdale residents still ‘fighting with insurance companies’ since cyclone damage
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Hawke’s Bay in brief: Respected Napier-born Navy chief leaves top job
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Teenage girl arrested over stabbing of woman at Flaxmere house
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Gunman on the run in Taupō after knife fight sparks school lockdown
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In a pool of apples during Cyclone Gabrielle, a policeman pulled out his phone
Detective Steve Leonard's photo is now blown up on the wall at police headquarters.
'Pretty rare people': Neville Jacobsen celebrates 60 years in Dannevirke fire brigade
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Emergency services busy after multiple afternoon crashes in Hawke’s Bay
A car overturned on State Highway 2 south of Hastings.
The rubbish highway: Wairoa wants to close its dump and truck trash 125km to Napier
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Big chance for young Napier yachties with Sailing GP fever
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Cyclone Gabrielle memories shared by police officers
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Before the Bikini exhibition is in the main gallery
Before the Bikini opened last week to rave reviews.
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