Ersel and Carol Kizilay and fellow Ohiti Road resident Jen Robertson are in limbo as they wait for decisions to be made about the fate of their houses. Video/Warren Buckland

Reporter Doug Laing speaks to Fire and Emergency New Zealand assistant commander Warrick Le Quesne, of Napier about the fire that destroyed an unoccupied Napier Marine Parade landmark. Video/Warren Buckland

Footage of a 60-metre turbine blade being transported from Napier up to the Harapaki Wind Farm site. Video / Meridian Energy

Cyclone Gabrielle flooded the Esk Valley home of Mackenzie Wiig and fiancé Michaela Tait. They are living in limbo as they wait to see what sort of pay out they will receive. Video / Warren Buckland

Its not a joke when Emma Bowyer invites the audience to bring their own baby to a Napier comedy show. Video/Warren Buckland

June Clark explains to Hawke's Bay Today reporter Mitchell Hageman why the new plastic one litre milk bottle is causing her grief. Video / Warren Buckland

With inflation and recovery bills going up, rates rises are happening around the region.

Bollywood is coming to Napier. Video / Warren Buckland

Ethnic community prepares to take centre stage in Napier this Saturday.

Duncan McPhail, Pakowhai horticulturalist had 4.5m flood water that devastated his orchard during Cyclone Gabrielle. He has a solution to stop it happening again. Video/Warren Buckland.

For 50 years 104 year old Trevor Page of Napier has walked 5 days a week up the side of Sugar Loaf hill. Video/Warren Buckland Reporter/Mitchell Hageman

At 91, Michael Tunnicliffe was the oldest competitor at the 2023 Masters Swimming Champs.

A Hastings sleepout caught fire in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Josh Adam talks about the experience. Video/Warren Buckland

Linda Paterson and Warwick Marshall deputy chairman Eskdale Church board of trustees talk about the church recovery after Cyclone Gabrielle. Video/Warren Buckland

Hundreds of ‘bucket gardens’ are being given away to rebuild cyclone-affected gardens.

For many impacted by the cyclone, the best accommodation option has been family.

At Ebbett Park School Hastings, sign language is nothing new. "Deafness is not seen as anything different,’ says principal Kate Medlicott. Video/Warren Buckland

Reporter Mitchell Hageman talks with Maraekakaho lavender farm owners Jenny and Ken Mark just over three months after Cyclone Gabrielle ruined their income stream. Video / Warren Buckland

Napier's Repair Cafe is turning a throw-away culture into a fix-it culture.

Flaxmere residents "deserve something on this land that’s been prepared".

Scientists want to understand how the region can better prepare for future events.

Robert Smith and Michelle Hicks are determined to rid Hawke's Bay of the Moth plant one pod at a time. Video / Warren Buckland

Hawke’s Bay residents tap into $150,000, PAK’nSAVE gift card fund.

PM Chris Hipkins and Local Government Minister Kieran McAnulty scrap a major part of the unpopular Three Waters reforms, ditching the four mega entities that would have delivered Three Waters services to households. Video / Mark Mitchell

Dan Gale of Eskdale says he wants to rebuild his home and business after Cyclone Gabrielle washed his caravan park away. Video / Warren Buckland

Students from Eskdale School enjoy free water safety lessons outside the classroom.

A new charity organisation goes flat out to put smiles on children’s faces.

Jody Stephenson of Hastings is used to small feathered animals. She grew up with aviary birds, chickens, ducks and a pet starling so it was easy to foster two Myna birds. Video/Warren Buckland

An Omahu family finds that ex refrigerated containers are becoming an option to live in while your flooded home is repaired. Reporter Gary Hamilton-Irvine has the story. Video/Warren Buckland

Up to a thousand free meals a day come from Neela's makeshift kitchen in Napier.