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Kaumatua's dream realised with Napier election surprise
The election of the first Maori to a seat on the Napier City Council has surprised a veteran battler who once hoped to make the historic
The election of the first Maori to a seat on the Napier City Council has surprised a veteran battler who once hoped to make the historic
Returned Hawke's Bay Regional Councillor Neil Kirton will be calling for a moratorium on any Ruataniwha Dam action until the new council
After a three year hiatus, Tania Wright is back at the council table and ready to finish the work she started. "I am delighted and
Ann Redstone is celebrating her newly elected council status. "We've just opened a little bottle of champagne," she told Hawke's
Hastings district councillor Simon Nixon said he is pleased to keep his seat in the Hastings District Council elections after "not
Hastings Girls' High School principal Geraldine Travers says even if she had not won her seat in the Hastings District Council elections
Apiata Tapine has become the first Maori to be elected on to the Napier City Council. Mr Tapine stood on the same ticket as third
New CHB Aramoana-Ruahine rural ward councillor Tim Aitken says he is "quite stoked" that he has been elected to the rural Aramoana-Ruahine
Outgoing Central Hawke's Bay mayor Peter Butler says he's pretty happy with the initial results for the CHB mayoralty and council
Unopposed Napier Mayor Bill Dalton says he has conflicting emotions about the new Napier City Council table.
Hawke's Bay Regional Council chairman Fenton Wilson was today reserving judgment on the possibility the election results could can
Steve "Shag" Hansen is usually pretty quick to remind any of the Super Rugby franchises about the expected standards of a professional
Gerard Pain's main mandate when he decided to stand for the CHB mayoralty was to save the Makaroro River from the Ruataniwha dam
Some cheerios, a garden salad, and "simple kiwi barbecue" is how Claire Hague will be celebrating the news that she is one of Napier
The culture at Hawke's Bay Regional Council could change, now anti-dam campaigner Paul Bailey sits at the council table. Based upon
Waimarama's Bayden Barber is ecstatic with the announcement he's been successful in his candidacy for Hastings District Council. "It
Returning Ruataniwha ward councillor Kelly Annand was the highest polling candidate across both wards in Central Hawke's Bay in today's
Cynthia Bowers is both surprised and disappointed to have failed in her bid for the Hawke's Bay Regional Council. The outgoing Hastings
Long standing Council member and Napier born Mark Herbert has been voted out of Napier City Council. "That's life. You put your name
Today's local body election result is a resounding victory for CHB mayoral candidate Alex Walker, who in the preliminary count has come in with about twice the vote of rival Sally Butler.
John Barrow's wife Deb wasn't confident in buying champagne ahead of the results for the one Tararua seat on Horizons Regional council
Successful first time Hastings District Council candidate Damon Harvey is "so stoked" to have been elected a councillor. He said
Voting polls for all districts are now closed and at 11.24am this morning below half of the total residents had cast their vote from
Whistling strangers in the dark at 3am aren't everyone's cup of tea. However, they were everything to trampers Clive and Marie Cresswell
The closure of Whakatu Freezing Works changed the social fabric of this region in ways that are still being felt today. Thirty years
Cape Country by Jenny Carlyon and Diana Morrow with Angus Gordon Penguin Random House, $50 This is a beautiful book full of history
In a few years Aaron Smith has made the All Black halfback spot his own and this season he confirmed that, without doubt, he is the
Concerns over the chequered past of Hawke's Bay's newest water bottling consent holders is "ridiculous", the company's chief executive
As a citizen of Napier I believe I have been well informed by contributors to Hawke's Bay Today about the cost-benefits of the Ruataniwha
Like most young rugby players Jaden Murphy dreams about playing for the All Blacks. Day 5, U50kg rugby Tareha Reserve It's obvious