Teen Milly Douglas says she embraced canoe polo immediately despite being thrown in the deep end.

Nothing epitomises the descent of television journalism from hard-edged inquiry to bun-fight circus more than TV3's (sorry, +HR=E)

An $800,000 government boost will allow Greenmeadows to expand, says the school's principal.

Mark Beale was assaulted and left for dead on a Hawke's Bay beach last month.

A Flaxmere man has been found guilty today of killing his 2 year-old stepson.

Nana relishes time with her granddaughter at national kapa haka festival Te Matatini in Hastings.

Outgoing CEO Andrew Newman says hard work brought the Ruataniwha Dam to 'very near reality'.

The apple trees are heaving with fruit. It's time to harvest and Hawke's Bay is full of migrant workers here for that exact purpose. I

With 7km of creeks fenced and a farm which crosses four waterways, Paul and Lisa Charmley are very aware of their responsibilities

Leadership is needed to ensure freshwater resources we rely on are sustainable and can be trusted, says Catherine Delahunty.

Figures released by financial information group Marketview shows Napier posted a strong rise in local and visitor spending during

After several delays almost $2m in funding has been earmarked for Napier's multi-use 'Velodrome'.

Napier mayor Bill Dalton may visit Canada as well as the US, which will cost ratepayers more.

Overcast but without any rain until almost the last act of the day, national kapa haka festival Te Matatini started yesterday with

Teen shot putter Nick Palmer says a decision not to send a NZ team to Kenya was the right one.

Coast to CoastMultisport People often leave home on intrepid journeys of self-discovery but they tend to overlook that home is where

Black flags dropped, sailors were caught offside with the orange markers and one combination arrived a day and a race late only to

Te Matatini performers are loving every moment of the national kapa haka competition in Hastings.

The jury of a High Court trial in Napier have retired for the evening after hearing the closing arguments in the case of a man accused

When high winds caused a camper van to crash on State Highway 2 north of Woodville last Monday, a young family from the Netherlands

The jury verdict was returned at the High Court in Napier today after six hours of deliberations.

National kapa haka festival Te Matatini has started in Hastings today with an emotionally charged opening performance from Auckland

Unison's increased line charges of 1.7 per cent will cost households between $11 for a typical low-user household and $20 for an average

Faster cancer treatment times continue to be the Achilles heel for the quarterly measure of the Hawke's Bay District Health Board's

A $40k solution to ease pressure on Napier pools was dropped by Napier City Council yesterday in favour of a scaled back version

Hastings mayor Lawrence Yule says he will be resigning from the role following his successful nomination as the National Party's Tukituki

This week I attended the 'Taniwha Dragon' Economic summit organised by Ngahiwi Tomoana in his role as chairman of Ngati Kahungunu

A Te Matatini life member who was one of the stars of the national kapa haka festival the last time it was held in Hawke's Bay is

As progress stalls again on Napier's proposed multi-use sports facility, leaders of the regions councils have spoken out about their

Although he faced criticism over controversial Hawke's Bay Regional Council actions, suggestions chief executive Andrew Newman was