Cyclone Gabrielle anniversary set to challenge, and help, a still-grieving region
Psychologists say marking the day respectfully can be encouraging for those struggling.
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Watch: Two National MPs representing Hawke’s Bay electorates give maiden speeches to parliament
Two new MPs representing Hawke's Bay electorates deliver their 15-minute speeches.
Havelock North's Georgia Hulls makes dash for the big arena
The sprinter is aiming for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Salvation Army store shifting into ToolShed building
The Hastings Salvation Army Store has closed and will move just up the road.
Rebuilding farm bridges after Cyclone Gabrielle
“With the bridge out, we lost access to our yards."
Curious curios: Gnomes en masse unearthed in Hastings police bust
On entering the property, police came face to face with an elephant ornament.
'Numerous risk factors': Nurse issues meningococcal warning as school resumes
Caryn Williams says many factors contribute to young adults being at risk.
Cyclone victims could pay some of the cost of demolishing their homes, council suggests
The total cost of demolition of Category 3 properties has been estimated at $6 million.
Flaxmere bands together in protest against the loss of its only supermarket
The community is preparing a petition and a hikoi in protest at the closure.
Hawke's Bay's own reality TV: Do you have what it takes to be the “Bay-chelor”?
Could you be Hawke's Bay's first bachelor or bachelorette?
The Hawke’s Bay couple building a cellar door for ‘the whole community’
There was one burning question on the tip of my tongue — will you adopt me?
Watch: Break-in at popular food truck, ribs offered as reward
The tool kit for catching criminals has now been expanded to include flame-grilled ribs.
Mob associate laughed during fatal attack on Hawke's Bay teacher
Keontay Chadwick pleads guilty to Darcy Strickland's manslaughter.
Video: Family of nine homeless after blaze guts Hastings home
The upper storey was reported 'well-involved' in fire.
Hawke's Bay Waitangi Day 'opportunities for reflection and action'
Waitangi Day's about unity in diversity.
Just the ticket: Hawke's Bay's Go Bus reinstates 341 runs
Regional council to restart all bus services canned in November 2022.
Woman dies after Hastings mobility scooter crash
80-year-old woman died in hospital overnight after a crash midday on Tuesday.
Wairoa to the world: William Little heads to cross-country champs in Serbia
The son of Wairoa's Mayor is on his way to making his own name.
Woolworths has no proposal for supermarket in Flaxmere
Who's in the running to replace Flaxmere's New World?
Woman critically injured after vehicle and mobility scooter crash
A critically injured person has been taken to hospital after a vehicle hit a scooter.
Service station robbery: Half a dozen people break down door, knife allegedly pulled on staff member, $1000 taken
Half a dozen people broke through the locked door and demanded to be given the till.
Leonard Lambert's Small Wonders full of big delights
Lambert is equally well known in poetry circles.
It was supposed to be their marriage week - the flood locked them in a fight to survive
The wedding was supposed to be in the garden - but it's no longer there.
'Sinking feeling in my puku': Last development on protected side of Te Mata Peak
Hastings District Council prohibited the development of land in this area in 2022.
Hastings to host Assembly Room Tunes daytime concert and morning tea for retirees
Morning tea and a show: The events at Toitoi hope to evoke memories.
'Fight of her life': Mum, influencer shares rare cancer diagnosis
'Gina is in the fight of her life against stage 4 signet cell carcinoma.'
Hawke's Bay news in brief: Armed police called to Hastings property
Armed Offenders Squad were called to a property Raureka.
Budding Olympians in action: Sprint golden girl Zoe Hobbs wins 100m in Hastings
The Potts Classic athletics event celebrated its 25th anniversary over the weekend.
Silence to sharing: New sexual harm support service carries on decades-long police legacy
The Hawke's Bay organisation launched this month.
Flipped give-way sign, faded markings: Did a lack of road maintenance kill a tourist?
The intersection hosted a boy racer meet in the months before Helen Poon drove through.
‘Where are we going to go?’: Residents vow to fight decision to close only supermarket in town
A petition against Foodstuffs' shock decision already has more than 1000 signatures.
Eight charged in crackdown on pokie machine 'corruption'
The offending gives the gambling sector a bad name, says Internal Affairs.
'Just do it, it won't hurt': Hawke's Bay man's lucky cancer escape
The tests detected 116 bowel-related cancer cases in Hawke’s Bay in 2023.
‘Stellar end to the year’: Two-year high for house sales in Hawke’s Bay
Owner-occupiers and first-home buyers the 'most active groups' during December.