'Fanciful': The three words a NZ council is using to approve denser suburban housing
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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?
Waipatiki Holiday Park nears re-opening date
Months of back-breaking work will hopefully pay off for Shane and Fay Ashforth.
Ten ‘genuine prospects’ for future of Hastings Tudor-style villa
Ten prospects have been identified for the future of a Tudor-style villa in Hastings.
A supermarket ripped away - the Foodstuffs decision that should infuriate Hawke’s Bay
OPINION: “I don’t buy it,” a councillor said of Foodstuffs’ excuses, and fair enough.
Hastings suburb has new New World supermarket canned
Hastings District Council and Foodstuffs North Island cancel bid for a new supermarket.
Hastings council reveals 8.5 per cent rates rise, other councils to announce rises
Rates rise in the pipeline for Hastings ratepayers.
Hastings District promises to change inequities in rates relief system
Decisions around rates relief after Cyclone Gabrielle has caused some frustration.
From silt to sanctity: Eskdale and Pōrangahau communities still cleaning gravesites
Communities and the Remembrance Army are cleaning up at Eskdale Cemetary.
Demolition to begin on Hastings' Heretaunga House - what will replace it?
The council has revealed what the site will likely be used for in the future.
One month on from Hawke's Bay's 'most significant' recorded weather event
Cleared silt on residential properties in Hastings will be collected and disposed of.