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Napier-Taupo Rd: Locals call for speed limit drop after week of horror
Four have died on State Highway 5 in one month.
Local Focus: The lake getting weired
Saving Whakakī, the lake that's sometimes an estuary. Made with Funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Kiwi family sailing the world with no plan B
The "Freedom Family" are sailing the world to reconnect with each other. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
New Year's Eve weather: Outlook good for summer-starved Kiwis
It'll be a dry - weather-wise at least - welcome into 2020 for most.
Hawke's Bay's largest purpose-built accommodation for seasonal workers making progress
The accommodation is scheduled to be ready and open in February.
DoC calls for patience around Cape Kidnappers track opening
Gannet Beach Adventures owner Colin Lindsay is frustrated by the delay.
The Bay of sirens: Number of fleeing drivers skyrockets in Hawke's Bay
Claims fleeing drivers are starting to play "Russian roulette" with the public.
Cricket: Mixed fortunes for central
Central Hinds win, Stags lose in Super Smash double header with Canterbury on Monday.
The great Kiwi summer weather fail: Unsettled month continues
Tis the season for endless fronts.
The most likely shoplifters this silly season? Groups of women
Perfume, expensive beauty products and branded clothing are some of the most shoplifted.
Exonerated: Council CEO had 'good reason' to go through' Facebook pages
The review, costing ratepayers $88,000, was conducted by Wellington lawyer Peter Chemis.
Hawke's Bay girl one of the alleged victims in international 'catfish' child porn case
Police have confirmed the alleged victims include a 12-year-old from Hawke's Bay.
'The ones that catch my breath are when death is imminent': Women's Refuge
Christmas and the new year - not always a time of joyous celebration.
The Hawke's Bay family who've packed up their lives to sail the world
The Whittakers have sold everything to sail the world. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Hawke's Bay's retail spending soars, outstripping NZ average
The influx of spending was felt relatively evenly across the board benefiting all regions.
Napier draws up plans to fix dirty water woes in worst affected areas of city
Residents of one Napier suburb in particular have "really, really struggled". Here's why.
'NZ's fastest slide': Kids stoked with new $1.7m Hastings playground
Mania ensued as hundreds of kids, parents and even a few councillors gave it a go.
Napier City Council site takes step toward potential hotel development
Council has voted to demolish civic building, but engineer says public needs answers.
Slain police officer's nephew graduates from police college
Dan Snee, nephew of Len Snee, will be posted to Eastern District.
'Could get out of hand': Napier council stops providing free replacement recycling bins
Replacing recycling crates will cost residents after council decision.
Man shot by police at Flaxmere school had an imitation pistol
Man presented imitation pistol before being shot, police say.
Flaxmere school shooting: Top cop backs 'split-second' decisions
Man had visited the school twice before on Tuesday, and had threatened staff member.
Suzuki Series: Table set for Whanganui after tight round at Manfeild.
Richard Cooper and Damon Rees battle in Formula 1, Richie Dibben climbing in Formula 2.
Fatal house fire: One dead in blaze
Police say they were called to a house fire on Tawhiti St at 2.07am today.
Local Focus: Trelinnoe Park falls into passionate hands
"Gardening is the only passion that increases with age". Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'Going to get very bad': Sales time at big shopping centre, and one way out's closed
Asbestos exposure risk means Sir James Wattie Pl remains closed to the public.
Hastings to get 200 new houses in next two years, Govt announces
Papakāinga affordable housing on Māori land one of the solutions to district crisis.
Locked in Hastings public toilets: Hidden challenges newly homeless face
Kathleen Ora Winitana heard the lock on the public toilets click and footsteps walk away.
Samoa measles crisis strands Hawke's Bay fruit pickers
Some Samoan RSE workers can't come to Hawke's Bay to pick fruit because of measles crisis.
DoC: Decision on Cape Kidnappers track reopening 'imminent'
A massive landslide seriously injured a pair of Korean tourists in January.
Bay history 'treasure trove' at risk amid funding worries
The future of the digitised historic collections looks grim without funding.
'It was like coming home': First door opens to public at Hawke's Bay Opera House
People can now visit the box office, the first time a door's been open since 2014.
Hawke's Bay orchardist looks to change opinion on 'ugly fruit'
It was believed to be the worst hail to hit Hawke's Bay in more than 20 years.