Wyn Drabble: Cooking up some competition
OPINION: 'I don’t believe you can eat a custard square without mess.'
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A 'crackhead…rampage': Govt applies to extend 7 Rotorua emergency housing motels
Consent sought for 7 contracted emergency motels to continue a further year.
He was paralysed by a stroke. How he still lives at home 15 years later
'He couldn’t talk, he couldn’t eat, had to be tube-fed, he couldn’t move.'
Forecasters watching for potential snow storm next week - and rare polar event
Meteorologists are picking the potential for a blast of snow across parts of NZ next week.
'Crossie's' death leaves huge gap
Family, friends devastated by digger driver's death in Waimatā River tragedy.
Black Comet touring the country, with one performance in Gisborne this Saturday
Black Comet are touring their debut alum Episode One: Looking For A New Planet.
Opinion: Mushy snapper - overfishing is starving NZ's most iconic species to death
OPINION: Listen to what our starving snapper are telling us - and do something.
Club hockey arch-rivals YMP, Traktion to lock sticks
This weekend's hockey round offers up some juicy prospects.
Counting down to opening of new hospice shop in Gisborne
Hospice Tairawhiti's new shop is to open sometime in September.
Hugo McGuinness perfects lines for Unity play debut
A new play by Nick Ward premieres at Unity Theatre on August 31.
Gisborne letters on bar frustration, natives and borrowing to meddle.
OPINION: Our readers write with their concerns.
Discover upcoming events in the Tairāwhiti region
Gisborne events include Dancing for Life Education, a beach run, new art exhibition.
Egg and poultry producers prepare for arrival of avian bird flu
Experts are monitoring a highly contagious strain of bird flu as it nears New Zealand
Last quarter surge gets YMP home
Horouta were too slick for OG Whāngārā in midweek netball.
Crown Manager to oversee Wairoa flood protection
'The Crown manager would be specifically focused on flood protection works.'
'Absolutely shocked': He had no symptoms. Then he was diagnosed with cancer
'It is a serious business – there are people dying from it.'
5 places to inspire your next staycation in NZ
Your really don’t need a far-flung holiday to reap the rewards.
Police 'incredibly frustrated' after hoax mayday call in Northland
Emergency services spent three hours searching for the vessel.
Watch: Black Power member performs haka as he is found not guilty at third murder trial in 11 years
The jury believed his defence that another man killed Wiremu Birch in Taupo.
Parliamentary angst breaks out over stickers on 'Gen Z' MP's laptop
Politicians descend into squabble over displaying party logos.
NZTA staffer gave confidential driver info to gang members in exchange for meth
The King Cobras members then used it to find motorists after road-rage incidents.
Big wins for NZ shearers in Wales
New Zealand shearing has had its biggest success in Wales in five years.
Body found in search off Whakaari/White Island, believed to be man who went overboard
Police earlier said the missing person was one of four on the vessel.
Rescues, accidents, emergencies: Greenlea Rescue Helicopter records 37 missions in June
Accidents and serious medical events keep rescue chopper busy in June.
Council fined after 2.8 million litres of 'raw human sewage' spilled into 'spiritually significant' stream
"Multiple alarms were raised, and their being ignored had serious consequences.”
Napier Pottery Club celebrates 70 years
Hawke's Bay Today reporter Mitchell Hageman tries his hand at Pottery as a local club celebrates 70 years of ceramics and smiles. Video / Mitchell Hageman
Taradale crash witnesses sought after death of cyclist
A cyclist and another vehicle collided in Taradale about 10.55am on Sunday.
Hip-hop legends The Roots heading to Tauranga
Summer Haze music festival prepares to welcome one of the 'greatest live bands around'.
Police investigating death remain at BoP address
Police were called to a Paengaroa address about 6.20pm.
Fran O’Sullivan talks NZ agribusiness and trade on The Country
Fran O'Sullivan, Sir David Fagan, Mark de Lautour, Tim Ormrod, Chris Russell.
'Over the moon': Hawke's Bay community wins fight to stop pokies moving to town
There are no pokies in Frasertown - locals have won a fight to keep it that way.
Dairy farms chalked up $86,000 loss last season but Fonterra share payments save some bacon
Expected milk payouts are below the break-even point, a new report says.
One dead after crash involving motorcycle in Tauranga
Police and other emergency services were called to the scene about 6am.
'Can't continue to happen': Adesanya ambassador for new anti-violence charity
'Meaningless violence causes harm to society,' City Kickboxing's Eugene Bareman says.