Ring returns to Napier man.
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Ring returns to Napier man.

Don Alexander of Napier is a very happy man. After an absence of 12 years he has been reunited with his wedding ring. Video Warren Buckland.

School kids talk about dog safety.
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School kids talk about dog safety.

Onekawa School siblings, Harrison Atkins 6, Morgan Atkins 10, had a close encounter with a roaming dog. Luckily they remembered what they had recently been told and were able to ward off the dog without potential injury.

Cheerful Cheerleaders
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Cheerful Cheerleaders

Cheer Dynamix senior teams practicing before heading off to compete in Australia in October. Meara Tostevin and Sophie Bates chat to Hawke's Bay Today

Hastings Youth Employment pop-up
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Hastings Youth Employment pop-up

Youth Employment pop-up in the Hastings CBD opened this week. It is a mobile service so the council team can further applications for government funding. Job seekers were supported to take part in a six-week Limited Service Volunteer military course.

Hastings BHS champs
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Hastings BHS champs

HBHS winners of the national under-15 rugby tournament against Hamilton Boys High School in Napier.

Cat caught in Dannevirke trap
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Cat caught in Dannevirke trap

A cat caught in the jaws of a springloaded trap for 30 hours managed to drag itself to a location where it was rescued by an SPCA inspector. The tabby cat, which had to have its leg amputated, had been trapped in a spring-loaded leg hold trap near Dannevirke.

Interesting find in a Hastings drain.
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Interesting find in a Hastings drain.

While on his morning walk, Colin Campbell of Hastings stopped to look into the Southland drain. Under the Riverslea Road bridge he found an interesting mass. Video Warren Buckland.

Dartmoor scrub fire
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Dartmoor scrub fire

Glen Varcoe assistant area commander fire and emergency describes the fire at Dartmoor. Video Warren Buckland.

Racing into Spring
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Racing into Spring

Former All Black Stephen Donald attended the Daffodil Raceday at the Hawke's Bay racecourse in Hastings.

Stortford sale yards go yellow.
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Stortford sale yards go yellow.

Bright yellow is not a colour usually seen at the Stortford Lodge sale yards but it was on Wednesday. Balloons, hats and bunting adorned the rostrum as pens of lambs were auctioned with proceeds to the Hastings Cancer Society.

Milton Road house fire Napier
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Milton Road house fire Napier

Firefighters battled a blaze in a house on Milton Rd, Bluff Hill, Napier. Fire services were called to the scene on Tuesday around 11.12am after windows were heard smashing and flames began to "shoot out" of the building, neighbours near the cordon said. Video Warren Buckland

Braving cancer diagnosis with a smile.
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Braving cancer diagnosis with a smile.

Havelock North girl Matilda Kersjes was just seven when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in 2015. We went to see how she is getting on at home with mum Fiona Cooch, Havelock North. Video Warren Buckland.

Rovers Return
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Rovers Return

Napier City Rovers beat Onehunga 2-1 in Napier to reach the Chatham Cup final

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Hastings first Blossom Festival queen.
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Hastings first Blossom Festival queen.

Ellen Jillings gave a big smile to the cameras when she was picked as the first Hastings Blossom Queen in 1953, and hasn't stopped smiling since. Video Warren Buckland.

Checkmate
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Checkmate

Chess player Eyvind Frojvik-Moberg, 6, from Napier is pushed nowhere by Hawke's Bay Today reporter and no time grand master Doug Laing

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Napier school boy saves his mum.
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Napier school boy saves his mum.

7yr old Joel Johnson of Onekawa School received an award from St John. Last month his mum fell, cut her head and had a seizure. He found her phone and dialled 111 and helped put her in the recovery position before the paramedics got there.

Steven Adams excites in Napier
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Steven Adams excites in Napier

He encouraged, grunted, teased and swatted shots liberally but it was just NBA super star Steven Adams at his playful best during his coaching session in Napier. Adams invited 150 youngsters, aged 7 to 13, to the Pettigrew-Green Arena, Taradale.

Steven Adams mania in Hawke's Bay
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Steven Adams mania in Hawke's Bay

The Hawke’s Bay movers and shakers had joined Steven Adams to spread the gospel of basketball yesterday before declaring the NBA star should slip on the Tall Black singlet ... but only when he deems it fit.

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Hebie needs help
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Hebie needs help

Hebie Capill, 50, is willing to undergo HSCT for halting the progression of Multiple Sclerosis. The treatment is not available in NZ so she is heading to Mexico in October. She needs to raise $90,000 to fund the treatment.

Arlo Mac on a quest for rock stardom
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Arlo Mac on a quest for rock stardom

Havelock North band Arlo Mac to compete in the Smokefreerockquest finals in Auckland next month. Harry Mason, vocals, Ben Bush lead guitar, Joe Leadword on bass and Thomas Grant on drums get in some rehearsal time.

Kids Singing to impress
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Kids Singing to impress

Primary and Intermediate School choirs sing to impress at Hastings Intermediate School. Hawke's Bay Today reporter Sahiban Hyde speaks to Ngaire Shand the Kids Sing East Coast coordinator.

Ongaonga School Sevens
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Ongaonga School Sevens

Karen Barkle principal Ongaonga School is proud of the annual OngaOnga 7-a-side tournament held recently. As the parents cheered hundreds of children played Rugby, Soccer, Hockey and Netball.

SAFE protest
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SAFE protest

SAFE supporters outside the Napier Port protesting a shipment of live cattle

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Juno finds a home
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Juno finds a home

As a result from an article published in Hawke's Bay Today, a cat without back paws has been adopted from Hastings SPCA by Georgia-May Gilberston of Havelock North. Video Warren Buckland.