Local Focus: Makeover for deadly highway
State Highway 51 is getting big changes between Napier and Clive. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
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Local Focus: Testing times for testers
A testing time was good business for Hawke's Bay water testers. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Could it be Inky the octopus?
Could an octopus sighting on a Napier beach be the return of Inky? Over four years on from Inky's daring escape from the New Zealand National Aquarium, Jasper Taylor discovered an octopus trying to make its way onto land.
SMA siblings want new drug
Skylah-Rose Shaw 8 and her brother Zayden Shaw 10 suffer from SMA Spinal muscular atrophy a disease that makes the muscles progressively weaker. They want to use a new drug. Video Warren Buckland.
PM Jacinda Ardern talks to HBToday
Assistant editor Linda Hall spoke to PM Jacinda Ardern and fellow Labour government MP’s Meka Whaitiri, Ikaroa-Rāwhiti and Stuart Nash, Napier on a visit to the MTG in Napier. Video Warren Buckland.
Witness to Napier bank trashing
Darren Austin explains how he tried to stop a man trashing the Westpac bank in Napier. Video Warren Buckland.
Covid 19 coronavirus: HB celebrates as all cases recovered.
Forty-four cases recovered. Each and every one of the 44 people in Hawkes's Bay to contract Covid-19 have beaten the virus. HBDHB leaders are cautiously optimistic. Video Warren Buckland.
Local Focus: Record numbers for the Hawke's Bay Trails not what they seemed
Record numbers for the Hawke's Bay Trails during lockdown. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Marae life in level 2
Henare and Pam O'Keefe from Te Aranga marae in Faxmere talk about life in COVID-19 alert level 2
Tom Hartley and his convertible dogs
Tom Hartley is well known in Havelock North. He is often seen driving around in his convertible with his dogs hanging out the side. He loves to let people share his enjoyment. Video Warren Buckland.
Local Focus: Napier resort to grow but rates to rise with relief for some
Some people "can still afford to pay their rates". Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Goats shot on Tangoio farm
Jenny Fowden nursing one of the goats that was shot on her Tangoio farm recently talks about what happened. Video Warren Buckland
Feijoa harvest in Hawke's Bay
Heather Smith Tauroa Trust organic Feijoa orchardist talks about harvesting the latest crop. Video Warren Buckland.
Local Focus: The pen is mightier than the hammer
Construction slow due to Covid-19 red tape. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Beaches popular level 3 destination
Surfies, kids and parents all glad to be at the beach again. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Surfing Te Awanga musician
Connan Mockasin and Hiromi Oshima live in Japan but are staying with Connan's parents in Te Awanga and surfing at the beach during Covid-19 Level 3.
Covid-19 level 3 in Hawke's Bay
As hundreds of Hawke's Bay residents went back to work others used the time to get out and do the things they are now able to do in Covid-19 Level 3. Video Warren Buckland.
An Anzac day like no other
Hawke's Bay in lock down due to COVID-19 marked Anzac day from within their bubbles.
Locus Focus: Top chef orders takeaways
St Georges becomes a fast food joint. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Napier's Noisy neighbours
A huge flock of starlings take up residence around the old Napier city council building.
Over Covid-19 for fast food lover
Fast food lover Jade McKee of Napier can't wait for Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown to move to Level 3. She wants to be first in line when her favourite chicken recipe is back in business. Video Warren Buckland.
Tom will remember them
As there wasn't going to be an Anzac service in Hastings this year, Tom Cartwright thought he would remember the fallen soldiers by making his own poppy display. Video Warren Buckland.
Local Focus: Apples' big leap forward
Apple productivity makes a giant leap. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Wife of HB Hospital patient gives thanks
Holger Hannemann was admitted to HB Hospital for 98 days and discharged on April 2. His wife Birgit wanted to thank the hospital staff for their exemplary care over a tough period.
Hawke's Bay students make a ventilator
With some help St John's College student Dylan Wijaya has made a respiratory ventilator. He hopes to get it made in large numbers to help Doctors and nurses fighting the virus. Video Warren Buckland.
EDX addition to Hawke's Bay ED department
Hawke's Bay Hospital has grown in size by one prefabricated building to be used as an extension to the Emergency Department specialising in respiratory illness. Video Warren Buckland.
Big Bear happy in Napier
At 111 years old big Bear could be forgiven for losing his voice. Luckily his carer Rosemary Dingley can speak for him. Video Warren Buckland.
Local Focus: Toitoi's mauri stone and Jacinda's crush on Hawke's Bay
A Toitoi ceremony revealed Jacinda's crush on HB. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Doug has got the best job in the Bay
Doug Jamieson from Jamieson Earthworks opens the mouth of the Tukituki river at Haumoana on the Cape Coast