EIT graduation parade through Napier.

Tremains Triathlon skipped the swim section as Pandora Pond remains closed.

Isak Bester is lucky to be alive after his girlfriend Sarah Glass of Napier saved his life by performing an emergency trachyotomy after Isak choked on a piece of steak.

Race 3 in a series of 8 off Napier.

Former Reserve Bank Governor Don Brash talks to Hawke's Bay Today reporter Andrew Ashton. Video by Duncan Brown.

Heavy rain localised in places closed roads roads around Hawke's Bay and lead to some residents in the Esk Valley being evacuated.

Drone footage of Esk Valley. / Tim Whittaker Photography

State highways 2 and 5 closed due to flooding and slips.

14 year old boy fights NZ first cancer. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

In February last year Hanara was jailed for life with a minimum non parole period of 10 years for murdering Kelly Donner, 40. Video / Paul Taylor

Gisborne mayor Meng Foon faces criticism for championing non-rail projects. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Puketapu Auction and Fair Puketapu Lake near Napier.

Hundreds turn out in Havelock North to farewell Hawke's Bay rugby great Hepa Paewai.

Hopes are high the Government's regional development fund will reopen the Napier to Gisborne rail line. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Terminally ill Kiwis and supporters front a new campaign for Act's euthanasia bill.

New Zealander of the Year Lance O'Sullivan is also featured in support of the bill.

A compilation of photographs by Hawke's Bay Today photographers, Duncan Brown, Warren Buckland and Paul Taylor

Thousands travelled back in time to celebrate the 30th Art Deco festival. Fun filled festivities included cars, planes, music and food. The Tremains Art Deco festival commemorates Napier's unique Art Deco buildings that rose from the earthquake devastated city in 1931.

Driving and dancing at Art Deco celebrations in Napier. Crowds enjoyed fun and entertainment as the vintage cars up paraded Emerson Street and the Encore Dancers gave a lesson in movement.

Prashin Kumar asks the government for the return of his sister in India. Her husband drowned at Waimarama beach last month and she has not got permission to come back to live in New Zealand.

The Tremains Art Deco Festival has officially started. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Sound Shell in Napier

The US research ship, Marcus Langseth berthed in Napier after completing research on the Hikurangi subduction zone off Gisborne. She tows long chains of floating acoustic receivers which catch seismic reflections off the ocean floor.

The only way to get truck trailers across is by tractor! Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Hastings pensioner Ernest Seadon struggles to make ends meet. He talks about life on a sickness benefit and believes the elderly should be treated better in NZ.

The four female staff took over their Napier business Tangaroa Seafoods after they found out they were about to lose their jobs. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Hawke's Bay Regional Sports Park in Hastings.

A van was battered in Hastings this morning after it was rammed several times following a domestic altercation

Havelock North village green.

Hawke's Bay earthquake commemoration ceremony in Hastings.