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Vandal chops down nīkau tree at heart of public picnic artwork in Haumoana
Artist Josh Lancaster designed the table as a place for nature and humanity to co-exist.

Lotto players, two in Hastings and one in Napier, win $10k
Three Hawke’s Bay players won Second Division in Wednesday’s Lotto draw.

'It's extreme': Water rates hike sparks anger in Hawke's Bay
Mayor Walker says the rate hike is due to past underinvestment and growing regulations.

'Shaken': Worker threatened with weapon as two bottle stores robbed
The first robbery was in Napier about 5.10pm, the second soon afterwards in Hastings.

'Unique opportunity': $2.5m development for inner-city living in Hastings
The project includes housing, commercial spaces, and a public car park.

'Incredibly meaningful': Havelock North's Navy officer's journey to Gallipoli
Her great-grandfather fought there over a century ago.

On the Up: The Kiwi athlete starring in US academia - and on the track
A near-four-minute miler and a GPA of 3.95 - Karsen Vesty is thriving in Boston.

Occupants escape house fire in Hastings, two taken to hospital
Firefighters are battling a house fire in the Hastings suburb of Flaxmere.

'Paris fashion week worthy': Show combines cancer research and catwalk
The Fashion for Cure event raised $49,900 for cancer research.

Man critically injured in e-scooter crash in Hastings
The crash occurred near Hastings Library.

One dead, another seriously injured after Hastings crash overnight
The Serious Crash Unit is investigating the cause of the accident.

Father lying paralysed on rainy mountain bike track saved by daughter's iPhone hunch
Clayton Hairs is now a tetraplegic. He hopes his survival story will be a wake-up call.

'Off the scale' drug supply fuelling gang clashes in the regions
Homes shot at, cars rammed, drug busts during two months of gang tension.

Tickets please: 'You are not going for dinner, you're going for an experience'
The Old Mill has teamed up with Hastings restaurateurs to open the venue for dining.

Her husband died years ago. Then she found a 'miracle' in her house's charred ruin
'For the unluckiest people, we are very lucky.'

'Stifling microbusinesses': Seymour backs watercress seller facing $600 fee
'Never thought he would support someone like me,' Jake says as Seymour takes up his case.

58m wall, no 'fatal flaws': New details about dam for Heretaunga revealed
'Regional council wants to get the hell out as soon as possible.'

'The perfect excuse': Hastings trail lights up NZ Music Month
Nine venues host the Heretaunga Hastings Music Trail on May 10 and 18.

Farmers unite against council's water restrictions in Hawke's Bay
Farmers at 'one of the more definitive crossroads in the history of our region'.

'10 billion web threads': The mysterious spider webs coating Hawke's Bay
'Rolled up into a ball, it has the consistency of cotton string.'

On The Up: Digger driver clears 37 tyres from a beach in one day
Tim Dodge thought he'd never walk again. Now he's back, and he's determined to help.