Members of the SPCA's National Rescue Unit (NRU) in Wellington successfully rescue Chase, a 2-year-old huntaway which had fallen down a steep hillside and down a small cliff on a farm near Kotemaori. Video supplied.

Rissington residents who are still cleaning up from two one-in-50 year floods that hit in March and June this year are calling on the regional council to help them prevent further flood destruction

Emergency services attending the scene of a serious crash on Ormond Road near Hastings this morning.

12-year-old Matthew Eagles of Napier took months to build an amazing Lego castle earning him the title of National Lego Building Champion for 2018. Video Warren Buckland.

Teachers gather in Napier to vote on accepting pay offer or taking Industrial action

Police cordoned off streets as firefighters and Russell Roads contractors worked at the scene of a gas leak at the road works for the new roundabout on the corner of Eastbourne St West and Nelson St South, Hastings. Video by Duncan Brown

A fleeing driver came to a sudden stop on State highway 2 near Hastings after his vehicle crashed into a stationary Police car. Astrid Austin reports.

T&G Global have planted Ebbett Orchard to accommodate growing demand for their apples.

Children from Hastings Central School in Hastings created cards congratulating Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on the birth of her baby. Video by Duncan Brown

Caitlyn Thomas of Iona College is the winner of Hastings Council’s amazing China face race competition. As her prize she will travel to China to promote Hawke's Bay. She says before the competition she didn't know much about China but is looking forward to experiencing a different culture.

Two Hawke’s Bay students have today been announced as the winners of the two major awards in the 2018 CSG League in Libraries story writing competition. Warriors players Georgia Hale, Jazz Tavaga, Albert Vete and Keanu Laumatia-Paki worked with Eskdale and Parkvale primary school children at Taradale library.

Students at Sacred Heart College, Napier, dressed in cultural clothing for a mufti day fundraiser, and held a multi-language service for World Refugee Awareness Day. 20 June 2018 NEWS Hawke's Bay Today Photograph by Duncan Brown.

Takanga o te Ra Winter Solstice, a celebration at Waitangi Regional Park, Awatoto, Napier, part of Hawke's Bay's Matariki activities, organised by Atea a Rangi and the Hawke's Bay Regional Council. Video by Duncan Brown

Milk truck flips on SH50 at Ongaonga in Central Hawke's Bay

Just some of the action from last week's Napier Schools' Rippa Rugby Tournament at Taradale Park in Napier. Video by Duncan Brown

Hawke's Bay Regional Sports Park CEO Jock Mackintosh is disgusted with wheelies which were done on the sports grounds at the weekend. Video by Duncan Brown.

Henry and Monique Heke of MKR fame, returned to Flaxmere college to cook with the level 2 hospitality students. On the menu was Pan fried fish with skin on, beetroot and riwai salad with watercress and caper dressing.

Picket line outside Pack n save Hastings organised by union members in a bid for more pay.

Te Aute College perform at the Harcourts Hastings City Matariki Night Market in the Hastings CBD. Video by Duncan Brown

Three people from a helicopter accident on Ngamatea Station were transported to Hawke's Bay Hospital, one each on the Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter, the Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter and the Greenlea Rescue Helicopter (based in Taupo). Video by Astrid Austin and Duncan Brown

Bulk Lines truck driver Kevin Hanning from Otorohanga spent a night in the cab waiting for the Napier-Taupo Rd to reopen, before heading to Mt Maunganui with a load of fertiliser from Awatoto, Napier. Video by Duncan Brown

Hastings woman Rosie Marriott has late-onset asthma due to smoke from inefficient solid-fuel winter fires. Video by Duncan Brown

Tolaga Bay people have had enough of slash. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Hawke's Bay residents had to hunker down as heavy rain and strong winds battered the region. Wing gusts of up to 75km per hour were recorded with rain dumps reaching 200mm in the ranges. Video Warren Buckland.

SH5 tarmac lifted due to flooding from a forestry track and drain. Facebook / Rissington Community Group

F.A.W.C! Spice Wars between The Good Table and Bareknuckle BBQ

Education Minister Chris Hipkins visits Napier Boys' High School in Napier. Video by Duncan Brown.

Ken and Janet Crispin continuing their fight to reduce road noise on the Hawke's Bay expressway in Napier, which with increased trucks is becoming hard to handle for residents

Laurie Horsfall lost everything in house fire

Superior Exterior Treecare Ltd remove trees from the centre of Napier Rd, Havelock North, in preparation for the laying of the new Hastings to Havelock North water main. Video by Duncan Brown.