Each year people visit brightly lit creatures that decorate the Hawke's Bay Showgrounds for the Fiesta of Lights. Reporter Alice Lock

Linden Singers founding director Basil Brooker has made the 2017 New Years Honours list for his services to music that span more than

At $74.2 million in the first two weeks of December, Hawke's Bay has topped the country with the biggest increase in Christmas spend, according to the latest Paymark figures. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A Hawke's Bay man has been named one of New Zealand's most stylish and confident glasses wearers by Golden Globe winner and Emmy Award

This year's turnout to Christmas at the Park was as big as ever despite it being held in Hastings for the first time. Being the largest

Firefighters are working in warm conditions to douse the fire at Te Hauke, south of Hastings.

A group of three men armed with knives stormed a store in Napier.

With just a week to go the Hawke's Bay Today Christmas Cheer Appeal has been boosted big time with cash, food and gift piles all

A moratorium on the release of GMOs in Hawke's Bay has been called for by a regional councillor. At a Hawke's Bay Regional Council

Hastings Mayor Lawrence Yule says without a prosecution, councils can focus on finding the cause of the Havelock North water contamination

Hawke's Bay Regional Council has backed down from prosecuting Hastings District Council over water breaches relating to the gastro

Hearings on the Hastings District Council's intention to use a Brookvale bore to augment Havelock North's water supply in coming months

Hawke's Bay Racing's Cheval Room in Hastings was transformed in to a 60s extravaganza on Saturday night in support of the Leg Up Trust. Organisers

A free parking trial in the Hastings city centre is due to end on December 30, and the Hastings City Business Association (HCBA) is

Further proposals to reduce the risk and harm of dog attacks has been given a tentative thumbs up from local animal welfare advocates

Bay councils' staff costs rose almost $3.5 million last year. Hastings District, Napier City, Hawke's Bay Regional and Central Hawke's

It's unusual to get diabetes if you're under 20. So diabetic teens from across Hawke's Bay have come together to share their stories, make new friends and have fun. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The beauty and mystique of Māori musical instruments were almost lost to the world. But Napier man Layton Robertson is playing his part to help revive them. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A Hastings man who decided to set a crab net at Te Awanga beach got more than he bargained for.

Hastings district mayor Lawrence Yule says people's efforts to conserve water since restrictions were put in place last week is making

A Hastings primary school is bringing in self-defence tutors for its older girls because the girls are afraid of being sexually abused by older men.

A botch-up in a Level 3 maths exam left thousands of students "stumped", and many "freaking out".

"It's Not Ok" spokesperson Vic Tamati talks to Hawke's Bay Regional Prison inmates about living a violence-free life. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Hawke's Bay Regional Council chairman Rex Graham has slammed council management for keeping councillors in the dark on the Havelock

The inquiry into the contamination of Havelock North's drinking water will be postponed until late January 2017, because of a legal

Heinz Watties staff volunteered their time to put together 100,000 meals for people in need on Saturday. The 150 staff members gathered

Some Flaxmere residents will soon be the proud owners of new bikes gifted by Menzshed Hastings. And the gesture couldn't have come at a better time. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A woman whose car has gone into a Hastings river is not injured or in trouble, but is still in her car.

The property market is at its peak, says Property Brokers Hawke's Bay manager Paul Whitaker. He said while prices were strong and

A mother was subject to domestic violence for 15 years before she sought support from the Women's Refuge and fled her abusive husband. "My