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Catherine Wedd: 'Budget provides tax relief to hardworking New Zealanders'

Families with young children are set to benefit most.

Opinion: Hawke’s Bay regional councillors failed to ‘read the room’

OPINION: We are listening. Let’s hope it shows in our future decisions.

Central Hawke's Bay farmers learn vital first aid skills

Nearly 100 farmers have completed a free farmer first aid training course.

Bridge club playing its cards right for 50 years

It's all a matter of having a strategy and knowing a few tricks.

Trial roundabout for Waipawa's main street

The roundabout will be at the intersection of State Highway 2 and Ruataniwha St, Waipawa.

Viking Choir and friends will entertain you

Viking Choir hosts Brass Band and Pipe Band at concert.

Hawke's Bay flood projects get faster consenting process

Streamlined consenting would only be available to applications lodged by councils.

Whānau weave wahakura

Creating a wahakura is more than just a weaving project.

Jaques family's construction legacy ends with death of Don Jaques

The Jaques family came to New Zealand in the late 19th century.

Dark delight: Heathers: The Musical is loud and witty

The audience jumped from roaring laughter to hand-over-mouth shock.

Dannevirke farmer wins title at NZ dog trial champs on final run before dog’s retirement

One man and his dog from Dannevirke take home a special win from NZ dog trial champs.

Central Hawke’s Bay residents feel ‘ripped off’ by fuel prices

Andrew Northe says 91 prices are consistently 30c/l higher than in neighbouring Hastings.

'Weird vibe': Journalist banned from Napier cafe after overstaying welcome

OPINION: How can a cafe customer be wooed and then shooed?

Youth crime: A teen robber’s two-year trail of $190k mayhem revealed

Teenagers netted $140,000 of watches, rings and medallions in 45-second raid.

Boy with chronic lung issues scales Tongariro Alpine Crossing

Priests were called to Aiden's bedside. Now he wants to give back to those who helped him.

Nick Stewart: Luck, long-term success two different things

We can’t control the ups and downs of financial markets.

‘No flies on the meat’: Havelock North butcher’s impressive claim

This would not have been an easy task, with the meat hanging outside during summer.

'Womb-to-tomb learning': Pioneering Māori-immersion school gets multimillion dollar new campus

Many of the staff of this first-of-its-kind immersion school also attended it as kids.