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![Local Focus: Flaxmere sign 'exploiting the poor and impoverished'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Local Focus: Flaxmere sign 'exploiting the poor and impoverished'
Sign caused social-media uproar in two Bay suburbs Made with funding from NZ On Air.
![Local Focus: Recycling cardboard and plastic 3, 4, 6 and 7 becoming a problem](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Local Focus: Recycling cardboard and plastic 3, 4, 6 and 7 becoming a problem
China's decision "one of the best things to happen". Made with funding from NZ On Air.
![Local Focus: Meet Chucky the cockatoo, refugee from Cornwall Park Aviary](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Local Focus: Meet Chucky the cockatoo, refugee from Cornwall Park Aviary
Monkeys are gone but large parrots remain at aviary. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
![Te Mata Peak Rd crashes: 'You can hear them skidding every corner, every night'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Te Mata Peak Rd crashes: 'You can hear them skidding every corner, every night'
It's the second crash in just over a month and residents of the road are sick of it.
![Tokenism complaint leads to seat at the council table](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Tokenism complaint leads to seat at the council table
"You are our Hastings future leaders. This is quite transformational."
![Local Focus: Natural solution for Lowes Pit pollution](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Local Focus: Natural solution for Lowes Pit pollution
Lake to be filled in with a gravel filter. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
![Local Focus: Testing times for testers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Local Focus: Testing times for testers
Testing time was good business for water testers. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
![The sprinkler bandits of Hastings](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
The sprinkler bandits of Hastings
Residents breaking bylaws in Hastings. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
!['Concrete is a one-way crop': Opposition growing against Heretaunga Plains development](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
'Concrete is a one-way crop': Opposition growing against Heretaunga Plains development
Business owners and residents oppose development of productive Heretaunga Plains
!['Farm park' development touted as solving housing problem is attracting opposition](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
'Farm park' development touted as solving housing problem is attracting opposition
Residents concern for proposed farm park development
![New playground forced to close off section after equipment damaged](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
New playground forced to close off section after equipment damaged
New $1.7 million playground has been partially closed after reopening two weeks ago.
![Historic Hawke's Bay: 30 years since rocky reforms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Historic Hawke's Bay: 30 years since rocky reforms
It's 30 years this week since a dramatic reform of local government authorities
![Local Focus: Bike battle at Havelock North](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Local Focus: Bike battle at Havelock North
Mountain bikers aren't welcome in Tainui Reserve. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
![Letters: Candidates fire off views ahead of election day](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Letters: Candidates fire off views ahead of election day
Water and activists dominate councillors' opinions
![Local Focus: Do the right e-thing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Local Focus: Do the right e-thing
Old and new televisions are now recyclable. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
![Swell hammers Hawke's Bay but surfers happy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=785)
Swell hammers Hawke's Bay but surfers happy
Hawke's Bay swell hammers the coast. Made with funding from NZ On Air.