'Flawed and unfair': Plan to make cyclone-hit homeowners pay for demolition hits hurdle
The plan would save the council $2 million but has been met with fierce criticism.
The plan would save the council $2 million but has been met with fierce criticism.
Opinion: 2024 is shaping as the year of big rates rises in Hawke's Bay - here's why.
Who's in the running to replace Flaxmere's New World?
Hastings District Council prohibited the development of land in this area in 2022.
A petition against Foodstuffs' shock decision already has more than 1000 signatures.
Horse of the Year has been cancelled three years in a row - this year will be special.
The building is not at any immediate risk in smaller earthquakes.
The mural is catching the eye of thousands of motorists each week along Havelock Rd.
A 25-year-old charged following an attack on Napier’s Latham St on Wednesday.
All Hawke’s Bay councils are expected to set high rates increases in coming years.
One of Hawke's Bay's hidden gems is open again in time for the holidays.
Materials will be reused in Hawke's Bay and Tonga.
Napier, Hastings and Waimārama are now under water restrictions - is this the future?
Eru Smith said he has now given up fighting the council over the use of his land.
Across Napier and Hastings, 147 properties were too unsafe to live in.
Eru Smith says he's tired of negotiating with council and took matters into his own hands.
Plans are now under way to have the NZ PGA reinstated to the Australasian Tour.
The latest letters to the editor on MyWay, a roadblock, and a CHB dam.
Councillor and marketer says the spending is a "tough balance" after the cyclone.
'There’s a culture now ... the noise, the mess - awful, awful, awful.'
A fair bit of water will greet guests of Splash Planet on Monday.
140 homeowners in Hawke's Bay are meeting the teams that will buy their flooded homes.
More than half have had first meetings with the special council office or are about to.
Adult entry is now $40 at the gate, and a swim for seniors has gone from $7 to $32.
The 'distasteful' casting call for a new TV theme park ad was revised due to backlash.
Twenty one emergency resilience pods arrived in Wairoa just days before Cyclone Gabrielle.
More than half of the silt dumped by the cyclone is still sitting, waiting to be cleared.
A social housing tenant was allegedly called “ungrateful” by a council contractor.
"It could have been a far worse outcome without their quick thinking."
Funding for Hastings District Council and Taiwhenua housing partnerships announced.