Latest from Hastings

The $2 Uber: Hawke's Bay's 'on-demand' public transport app closer to reality

A new app, no more than 15-minute waits and fares as low as $2.

Retired inspector wishes cop shooter could have faced justice

Constable Glenn McKibbin was shot dead in Flaxmere 25 years ago.

Hastings pushes closer to getting Māori wards, unanimous tautoko from committee

Four weeks of public consultation is required. The council has a month to do it.

HB orchardist fined again: We will replant trees if we have to

Orchardist says had he known path was being built, he'd have planted trees differently.

Hastings councillor makes the most of Transtasman bubble opening

The first Hawke's Bay locals grabbed their passports and flew to Australia today

NZ councils' infrastructure spend could erode credit ratings -S&P

NZ councils' infrastructure spending could erode future credit ratings, S&P says.

'Absolute nightmare': ECE closes without warning to parents

Lollipops Hastings has permanently closed, citing a shortage of staff.

'Life changed dramatically': Woman assaulted at Havelock North restaurant

An assault in which a woman received a second concussion has dramatically changed her life

A mustachioed dinosaur, a heritage building, and a council intervention

A new music school put up a sign. That's where the treble started.

A 71km/h impact? The physics behind the car stuck in orchard crates in Hastings

"Once the car gets airborne, it's a classic example of projectile motion."

H for Hastings? Plan to make Hawke's Bay city the centre of NZ's new energy economy

A hydrogen energy hub could be set up in Hastings, creating high value, green jobs.

'She can breathe better now': Mum elated at 'warm and dry' home

Her 6-year-old daughter developed lung disease and asthma at their previous state home.

Timaru's 31C scorcher breaks April record, hotter than Rarotonga

Parts of the country are having a hot, but blustery, afternoon.

Car stuck in orchard crates 10 metres off ground after driver flees police in Hastings

Car ended high up in orchard crates, seriously hurt driver had to be extricated by Fenz.

Woman died birthing triplets, then her sister fell pregnant with triplets

Grieving, close and worried family could only "hope it wasn't a repeat".

What's on in Hawke's Bay this Easter weekend?

You can catch a mermaid at the National Aquarium or cycle The Big Easy trail.