Fledgling nationwide movement aims to move NZ towards a 'colour-blind state'.

Two bus-loads of school children are among those who have been escorted out of a Hawke's Bay fire zone, as several large fires burn throughout the district.

A state of emergency has been declared in the Hastings District as emergency services battle several fires across the area. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A large number of elderly people have still not recovered from last year's campylobacter outbreak in Havelock North, the inquiry panel

The woman killed in a two car crash in Hawke's Bay yesterday was 25-year-old Jennifer Eriha, police have confirmed.

Earthquakes could have contributed to the contamination of Havelock North's water.

The Mangateretere pond was the most likely pathway by which contaminated water entered the Brookvale Rd borehead 1, the Havelock North

Sheep faeces were the likely cause of last year's gastro outbreak, an inquiry into the contamination of the Havelock North water heard

Legal wrangling for a multi-million-dollar lifestyle property development is taking as many turns as the Tukituki River it overlooks.

Water Stories #4: Retired Havelock North couple David and Nola Bassett say they have never before witnessed such an outbreak as was the Havelock North water contamination crisis. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Water Stories #3 Telling the children of Village Kids Havelock North Preschool that there were bugs in their tap-water was the only way to explain Havelock North's water contamination crisis last August. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Water Stories #3 Telling the children of Village Kids Havelock North Preschool that there were bugs in their tap-water was the only way to explain Havelock North’s water contamination crisis last August. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Water Stories #4 Retired Havelock North couple David and Nola Bassett say they have never before witnessed such an outbreak as was the Havelock North water contamination crisis. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Water Stories #2 Age Concern volunteer Brett Feehan handed out clean water and supplies during Havelock North’s water contamination crisis in August. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

I reckon that more often than not these days ratepayers scratch their heads at the decisions that unelected officials make in councils

Brenda Wheatley knows the heartache caused by a driver's decision to use a cell phone while behind the wheel.

This festive season the Hawke's Bay Community Choir is doing the rounds visiting local retirement villages to help spread the Christmas spirit through song. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A government inquiry chairman has thanked two councils for their efforts which resulted in Hawke's Bay Regional Council dropping its

Havelock North artist David Trubridge is appalled at council for urging residents to conserve water while permitting commercial bottling and export of local water supplies. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Hastings district mayor Lawrence Yule says people's efforts to conserve water since restrictions were put in place last week is making

Emergency services are at the scene of a major crash in rural Hawke's Bay tonight.

The man acquitted of murdering a Kiwi woman is understood to have slipped into the country under a new name last weekend and has already been spotted out and about.

Hawke's Bay Regional Council chairman Rex Graham has slammed council management for keeping councillors in the dark on the Havelock

The inquiry into the contamination of Havelock North's drinking water will be postponed until late January 2017, because of a legal

HB v Horowhenua-KapitiFurlong Cup cricket Captain Jacob Smith celebrated his return to full health with a century as the Hawke's

Forty-five people, mostly over 70 were admitted to hospital with campylobacter a Hawke's Bay District Health Board update reveals. The

An "idiot" pub patron is said to have caused the Rose and Shamrock's wooden roof to catch fire on Monday night. The Irish and English-themed

The Havelock North Village street carnival on Saturday was "the biggest yet", says Havelock North Business Association marketing manager

An audience has gathered at Hastings District Court, where the initial hearing for the Havelock North water contamination inquiry has begun.

Work to uncover answers on the Havelock North water contamination incident which caused over 5000 people to become ill is under way