Jack Riddell is a multimedia journalist with the Hawke's Bay Today.
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Chefs gear up for a Hawke’s Bay meatball festival
Hawke’s Bay hosts NZ’s first meatball festival in Hastings.
A sausage to call your own: Butchery aims to make singles' love lives sizzle again
For single Hawke’s Bay residents, Valentine’s Day isn’t usually a banger.
Their boy's school bus was canned, so they've bought one to drive him and his friends to class
The Astill's 22-seater bus to Hastings already has 19 students booked for the ride.
Farmer says dog attack by mum and pup killed 95 sheep
'They've drilled them all into a creek, all into gateways, and taken them off one by one.'
'Would’ve given up months ago': The teacher who cycles over hilly paddocks every day
Cyclone Gabrielle turned the Kererū Gorge road into a chasm.
Children face 10-hour school day as bus route axed
Mum accuses Education Ministry of breaching its own criteria.
Turtle troubles in Napier: 'It is totally irresponsible to release them to the wild'
Turtles are believed to have been dumped by owners who can no longer care for them.
'US market is a disaster': Why one Hawke's Bay exporter doesn't fear Trump's tariffs
'His strategy is to talk like an unhinged madman and then do a deal while you cower.'
'They built it together': Son selling iconic winery eight years after dad's death
'Since my father died, my mother, she comes over here more to cry than anything else.'
'Break gear or harm people': Sabotage, shooting and 'huhu-grub' threats for commercial fishers
'They get territorial': Commercial fisherman cops abuse.
'No other option': Bus cancellations to force ‘truancy’ on rural families
Mums tell of 3 or 4-hour round trips to drive children to school.
Former NZ winegrower of the year selling vineyard, cellar door and restaurant to focus on US wine exports
'We just couldn’t justify continuing to have a lot of capital tied up in the vineyard.'