200 motorcycles will be arriving there after taking part in 32nd annual Toy Run to raise toys and cash for Birthright

Central Hawke's Bay

Hawke's Bay Diwali celebration in Napier

Richard Rowe from Hastings 100 years old today meets mayor of Hastings Sandra Hazlehurst

L-R: Omahu School teacher Raukura Hamlin, her granddaughter Te Raukura MacFarlane, NZEI rep Louise Simons,and principal Lyn Pohe, demonstrating on SH50, Omahu, Hastings, catching the 0730 rush hour traffic. Video by Duncan Brown.

Fire crews attend huge grass fire at Porangahau in Central Hawke's Bay

Napier

Problems include a statue of Capt Cook that isn't Cook. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Hawke's Bay Magpies and coaches delivered morning tea to residents of Otatara Heights Residential Care in Taradale, Napier, a prize the owners won in an auction. Video by Duncan Brown

Hawke's Bay Arts Festival Ambassadors Programme. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Emerson Street Barbers in Napier are celebrating cutting men's hair for 50 years. Owner and sports fanatic Peter Foote sums it up, "You've got to like people, I always enjoy my job, I see it getting better and better, long live the barber shops." Video Warren Buckland.

Former Tall Black captain and now assisstant coach Pero Cameron was greeted by members of the Paul Henare and Paora Winitana Hawke's Bay Academy when he flew in to Hawke's Bay Airport. Pero was also inducted into the FIBA World Hall of Fame in the USA. Video by Duncan Brown.

Sam Goodchild is a Holloween makeup tutor and recently she held a class at CAN Creative Arts Napier. NOTE: The video contains images that could disturb.

The downhill trolley derby from Pukeora Estate, Waipukurau got the petrol heads thinking about transport without an engine in the sometimes fast and often furious racing. Both experienced drivers and amateurs were asked to design and build trolley dream machines and compete against the clock. Video Warren Buckland.

Hicks Bay hapu won't contemplate a port. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Northern Classic Commercials North Island Long Lap

Hastings Intermediate School opening their bike and pump track

Birkenhead United take the annual national under-19 football tournament in Napier as seriously as they do their Chatham Cup campaign. That goes a long to explaining why they have won a record fourth crown at Park Island this afternoon.

Hawke's Bay United coach Brett Angell chats to Hawke's Bay Today about his new squad.

National party leader Simon Bridges at St Johns College Hastings, meeting with Youth Enterprise Scheme students to promote their new deodorant.

Te Mata Peak farmers are upset about the public "disrespecting" and damaging their land. Tauroa Trust co-owner Heather Smith said gates were regularly left open, which caused stock to move into unwanted areas, and rubbish included tyres had been dumped.

Napier's Marine Parade viewing platform has suffered another shattering blow which could put an end to its visual effect of a barrier-free view of the Pacific Ocean. Doug Laing was there to investigate. Video Warren Buckland.

Ali Harper performs during the launch of the Hawke's Bay Arts Festival in Havelock North

This time it was the adults being dropped in the pool. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The remains of a freight truck which caught fire on the Napier-Taupo Rd about 2-30am this morning, closing the road, disrupting traffic and causing a late delivery of Hawke's Bay Today. Video by Duncan Brown

Gisborne's Gladstone Rd Bridge is a revelation. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

"Aotearoa/New Zealand is a global biodiversity hotspot," Sage said. New Zealand's landmark biodiversity strategy is set for an upgrade. Speaking at Ahuriri, Napier, Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage said the Biodiversity Strategy 2000 increased public interest and support for protecting native plants, wildlife and their habitats.

Robyn Hewetson remembers her son, Gwillym Hewetson, a thrill-seeker who died in a wingsuit accident.

10 teams from around New Zealand have made Hastings home for a week as they play in the NZ Junior Youth Ten Pin bowling championship at a recently upgraded Superstrike ten pin bowling venue in Hastings. Video Warren Buckland.

Ploughmen and women competed in the Takapau Ploughing club annual competition at Majella farm, Takapau, Central Hawke's Bay. Teams of horses competed in the horse-drawn ploughs at the match which also featured several classes. Video Warren Buckland.