Wairoa mayor Craig Little will have to compete with two challengers for his job in this year’s local body elections.
Flyover of Napier in one of NZ's oldest passenger planes, a de Havilland DH-84 Dragon, to celebrate Art Deco Festival. Video / Gary Hamilton-Irvine
Cyclone Gabrielle floodwaters destroyed Waikato Gray’s Eskdale home in February 2023. He refused a council buyout, staying on his ancestral land in a caravan. Video / Rafaella Melo
Harry Machiela captured underwater footage of the healthy marine life off Hardinge Road, Ahuriri. Video / Harry Machiela
Young dancer Bella Hey tops NZ jazz exams for the fourth consecutive year. Video / Rafaella Melo
Swoop the Magpie, Hawky the Hawk, and Seamore the Seagull compete at the mascot race at the opening of the 2025 North Island Colgate Games at Mitre 10 Sports Park in Hastings.
Awatoto and Te Awanga littered with rubbish, locals call for more bins. Video / Rafaella Melo
A former mushroom farm turned creative hub for local artists hosts its first night market. Video / Rafaella Melo
Big guns await as Kieran Richards and Napier City Rovers eye potential National League grand final spot. Video / Neil Reid
A car drove through the front of The Coffee Club in Taradale, Napier, causing damage to the front of the store. Video / Supplied
Han Zheng said the man became angry over a 5G connectivity issue with his phone. Video / Han Zheng
Witnesses say they think a tyre blew during the fire, with an explosion that sent a plume of flame and smoke out. Video / Margie McAleese
Tararua District residents, including Mayor Tracey Collis marched to protest against the proposed toll on Te Ahu a Turanga Manawatu-Tararua Highway. Video / Hawkes Bay Today
Customise your coffin with the Hawke's Bay Coffin Club members. Video / Michaela Gower
Neil Paton and Brad Edwards prepare for firefighting challenge Championship in Nashville. Video / Michaela Gower
Central Stags cricket team fundraising for Ozanam House Palmerston North and Cure Leukaemia UK. Video / Michaela Gower / Hawke's Bay Today
Hawke's Bay Today takes a ride on Hawke's Bay Airport's new fire truck "Judy Drench". Video / Mitchell Hageman
A ute rams Jonzy Brandt's unoccupied car during a late-night hit and run in Hastings. Video / Supplied
Security footage captures the "Waipawa Prowler" on resident's property. Video / Supplied
Rhys Tamanui shows what it takes to be a cut above the rest. Video / Michaela Gower
Seven-year-old Rocco Green needed walking aids to get around before he got Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy surgery in the US thanks to fundraising. Video / Ashlee Green
Hawke's Bay Today reporter Mitchell Hageman tries his hand at Pottery as a local club celebrates 70 years of ceramics and smiles. Video / Mitchell Hageman
Norfolk pine cut down along Napier's Marine Parade. Video / Doug Laing
Hawke's Bay's Thomsen family rise from the mud after Cyclone Gabrielle
Joanne Wills mum of 5 toddlers including quadruplets sits down to chat with Hawke's Bay Today reporter James Pocock
Hawke's Bay Today reporter Michell Hageman also kind of known loosely as Mighty Mitch goes er toe to toe against Impact Pro Wrestling fly weight championship contender ACJ.
Demolition is set to be completed at the end of August. Video / Paul Taylor
A passerby captured the moment a roaming kekeno caught an eel in Taipo Stream near the Napier suburb of Taradale, about 5km from the ocean. Video / Supplied
A Dannevirke family watched as their ute went up in flames. Video / Annette Lilo
The Leopard Family have spent 20 months on the road living in a caravan and have no plans on stopping. Video / Leopardsgowild: Michael Leopard
Hastings Model Railway Club enthusiast Tony Simons is building a railway based on an old South Island coal mining village. Video / Warren Buckland
11-year-old Lydia Clark and 15-year-old brother Finn chats to James Pocock from Hawke's Bay Today
Cannon Williams chats to Hawke's Bay Today reporter James Pocock on his hopes to become a bare knuckle boxing champion. Video Paul Taylor
86 yr old Hastings gym enthusiast Patrick O'Neil loves exercise. He says it's good for the body and good for the mind. Video / Warren Buckland
Air Vanuatu has grounded all flights leaving Vanuatu RSE workers stranded in Hawkes Bay. Reporter James Pocock / Video Warren Buckland
Transpower and Unison announced that strengthening, raising and improving the Redclyffe substation at its current location was the preferred way forward for both.
New social housing open day at Maraenui, Napier. Kāinga Ora Homes and Communities has a large build programme underway. There are about 400 new state homes in the pipeline.
Inspired by “Captain Tom” Hamilton Logan a Hawke's Bay farming identity is walking in total 100km in his 100th year to help give those who need it a second chance at life.
Hamish Smith, group manager Fire and Emergency Hawke’s Bay, describes the situation at the scene of a six-hectare scrub fire in Waiwhare, Hastings district.
Walter Malcolm WW2 Waipukurau veteran talks about his war experience in Germany. Video Warren Buckland