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'Long overdue': Hawke's Bay Club to allow women members after 158 years
Club members voted 89-25 in favour of allowing women to join.

Driver with 'Tino Rangatiratanga' number plate arrested in Hastings
The Te-Moana-Nui-A-Kiwa Embassy says it's been made aware of the arrest.

Hastings District Council's housing plan recognised with national award
The council received the award at the Local Government Professionals Aotearoa Awards.

Local Focus: New visibility for Hastings water storage
Hastings drinking water to be stored above ground. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Kajun Campbell Brooking wins Central North Island Raw Comedy
The funny-man is off to Wellington in August for the next round.

SPCA Hastings op shop in 'desperate' need of volunteers
The op shop currently has about half of the volunteers needed to operate well.

Success for entangled Napier penguin's hunger for the wild
'Win-win' situation for wild kororā

The iconic Haumoana 'caddy shack' bach is gone. Here's what might be replacing it
'The design is in keeping with the bach that was there. It will be a nostalgic nod.'

Sport-loving region is also a hub of sports injuries, ACC stats reveal
14,603 claims paid out in a single year related to sporting and recreational activities.

Club rugby: Another final for Hastings and Taradale
The 50-24 win on Taradale's home ground gave the maroons a fourth win in five.

The woman who can weave a wahakura in 45 minutes
Katarina May never expected her love of helping infants would turn into a career.

In pictures: The iconic autumn colours of Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay is the best place in NZ to experience autumn. These photos show why.

Online shopping in Hawke's Bay up 30 per cent in a year, NZ Post hires more staff
Covid forced the older generation to embrace online shopping. They're not stopping now.

Hawke's Bay man convicted of slavery appeals sentence and conviction
Joseph Matamata was convicted last July

Free gym for community organisations opening in Hastings
Community organisations and services can apply to use the gym for their clients.

Hawke's Bay pays tribute on Anzac Day
Anzac day parades and services were held across the region on Sunday.

Frost and sunshine for last week of school holidays
Temperatures could drop to below 15C this week around the region, but it's mostly sunny.

Their daughter died of cancer. 15 months later they faced a new fight
Mum Celeste Jones is telling her story to help other Kiwi women.

The 'motel generation': Nearly 4000 kids are living in motels
'There are babies now being born in motels. It breaks my heart.'

HB branch celebrates 125 years of National Council of Women NZ
The council was started by Kate Sheppard and suffragettes.

Racing: Hastings-trained Basarwa still green but has a big future
Hastings-trained Basarwa still green but has a big future

The $2 Uber: Hawke's Bay's 'on-demand' public transport app closer to reality
A new app, no more than 15-minute waits and fares as low as $2.

Retired inspector wishes cop shooter could have faced justice
Constable Glenn McKibbin was shot dead in Flaxmere 25 years ago.

'Gibbo' steps aside after 43 years on the Hawke's Bay beat
It's all about meeting people says veteran policeman

Craig Cooper: Low hanging fruit on Hawke's Bay's health reform tree
There is some low hanging fruit from the reform tree that can be harvested in Hawke's Bay

Hastings pushes closer to getting Māori wards, unanimous tautoko from committee
Four weeks of public consultation is required. The council has a month to do it.

'Dream come true' for first-home buyers of new Flaxmere sections
After 46 years Amo Taite's home buyer dream is coming true

Shining a light on Hawke's Bay's stellar night sky
On the Bortle Scale, best night-sky views in Hawke's Bay can rate near the best - 2 or 3

HB orchardist fined again: We will replant trees if we have to
Orchardist says had he known path was being built, he'd have planted trees differently.