Members of Flaxmere's Cook Island community joined together along with influential figures such as Hastings District councillors Henare O'Keefe and Jacoby Poulain as well as Detective Inspector Sam Abrahama, to celebrate Cook Island independence day and the opening of a hall extension. People gathered at the community centre on Saturday to hear speeches, raise a flag and join in traditional dance and music. Chief photographer Warren Buckland was there.
Image 1 of 7: Fagan Waikato, 6, and Leah Pakoti, 5, share a joke.
Augusta Taranaki Mountainairs beat Taylor Hawks 90-84 in a nail-biting extra-time National Basketball League victory at the Pettigrew.Green Arena in Napier. Photos by Warren Buckland.
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