'Intolerable risk to life': Behind the scenes of the office buying $110m of cyclone-smashed homes
140 homeowners in Hawke's Bay are meeting the teams that will buy their flooded homes.
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Buy-out meetings for cyclone hit properties under way
More than half have had first meetings with the special council office or are about to.
Splash Planet advertisement casting call asked for ‘athletic-looking’ models
The 'distasteful' casting call for a new TV theme park ad was revised due to backlash.
Inside the newly repaired Splash Planet, where everything is on the up, even the prices
Adult entry is now $40 at the gate, and a swim for seniors has gone from $7 to $32.
'It was luck, really': The emergency resilience pods that aided Wairoa in hour of need
Twenty one emergency resilience pods arrived in Wairoa just days before Cyclone Gabrielle.
1.2 million cubic metres to go: Plea for funding to remove cyclone silt in Hawke's Bay
More than half of the silt dumped by the cyclone is still sitting, waiting to be cleared.
Council changes procedures for social housing after Tenancy Tribunal finds fault
A social housing tenant was allegedly called “ungrateful” by a council contractor.
'Unconscious with smoke all around': Neighbours hailed for dragging man from burning flat
"It could have been a far worse outcome without their quick thinking."
New affordable rental homes funded in Hastings
Funding for Hastings District Council and Taiwhenua housing partnerships announced.
'Fanciful': The three words a NZ council is using to approve denser suburban housing
It should be used to describe granny flats or sleepouts, not separate homes, planners say.
Hawke’s Bay news in brief: Special service to recognise pets and animals
Here's the latest news in brief from around the region.
Hastings District Council promises prudency after $11.6m deficit reveal; cyclone mainly to blame
About 65 per cent of deficit was attributed to cyclone costs.
'We are in this little lost category': Cyclone property owners still waiting for answers
Category 2P homeowners are running out of time - and money - while they wait for answers.
Community meeting before Redclyffe Bridge reopening decision
It's almost six months since Cyclone Gabrielle blasted apart the Redlyffe Bridge.
Voluntary buyouts for Category 3 homes on the table
Hawke's Bay's five councils now have to agree to the Govt's cost-sharing model.
Council email mistake shifts 10 landowners into cyclone red zone
Hastings council told Pākōwhai residents their land category had changed. It had not.
Mystery solved: What's eating hot-water cylinders - and how it can be stopped
The report is out - why Hastings hot-water cylinders are failing at alarmingly high rates.
Bridging the gap: Redclyffe Bridge link could re-open in mid-July
Secondary Napier-Hastings bridge nears re-opening - five months after the cyclone.
Regional council data reveals multi-billion-dollar cost of cyclone for Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay Regional Council data shows the cost of Cyclone Gabrielle so far is over $5b.
'Connector' team engaged to help navigate zoning concerns in Hastings
The new dedicated response team will help navigate council and government processes.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke's Bay Civil Defence response review could take until December
Terms of reference have been agreed for a review into the Bay's cyclone response.
Napier boarding houses with highest fire risk to be assessed more regularly
Authorities are working to prevent a Loafers Lodge-style tragedy in Hawke's Bay.
Council proposes rates remission for up to two years for cyclone-damaged properties
'We know that recovering from this disaster is going to take quite some time.'
Hastings city centre revitalisation earns top Local Government award
The 10-year regeneration of Hastings city’s East Block, including the Toitoi Municipal Building restoration project, earned a top award at the Taituarā Excellence Awards. Video / Hastings District Council
Hukarere Girls' College buys motel for new dorms
Te Aute Trust Board have purchased the Wine Country Motel in Havelock North for dorms.
The slow road to the Civil Defence review
The terms of reference for the Cyclone Gabrielle response review are still a month away.
Bound for the bulldozer? Interest in moving free two-storey villa tumbles
Talks with more than 30 people who wanted a free Tudor-style villa have come to nought.
$2.4m to fix Splash Planet, entry price to rise
Hastings District Council will upgrade the tourist attraction ahead of summer re-opening.
Sliding into success? Council-provided Splash Planet becomes temporary EIT classroom
Students still unable to use the flooded Taradale campus instead use community venues.
Many truckloads of silt to move in Hawke's Bay's $266m clean-up
Moving and disposing of silt is the biggest job in the region.
Ratepayers to fund Samoa trip for Hastings mayor and council CEO
A friendship agreement will be signed with the Samoan district of Falealili.
Hawke’s Bay Airport plans to build a second road entrance off SH2
It would improve access and make the airport more resilient to natural disasters.
Something in the water: What's causing mass cylinder failures in Hastings?
The big bills for residents keep coming, so can international experts solve a mystery?