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![Five top Havelock North eateries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Five top Havelock North eateries
No longer a sleepy village, this Hawke's Bay locale is now a sought-after destination.
![Man's 40m fall after wild goat chase](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man's 40m fall after wild goat chase
"Maybe now he's learned not to play with goats," said the flatmate of a man who was chasing wild goats, lost his footing and fell 40m down a cliff.
![Hawkes Bay: The right place to do nothing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hawkes Bay: The right place to do nothing
Peace, quiet, breathtaking views and a top golf course await guests at Cape Kidnappers, writes Rob Cox.
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Dinosaur-era fossil found in streambed
The fossil of a squid-like creature wiped out with the dinosaurs has been discovered in a Hawkes Bay streambed. What makes it such a 'significant' find for NZ?
!['Why didn't they taser me?'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Why didn't they taser me?'
David Taite still does not accept he should have been shot by police officers in an incident near the Central Hawke's Bay township of Otane in October 2011.
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Shooting that paralysed crim 'justified'
Police were justified in shooting a Hawkes Bay man left paralysed as a result, an independent report has found.
![Man who lay dead next to trapped wife named](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man who lay dead next to trapped wife named
A pensioner who lay dead in a car next to his trapped and injured wife for 15 hours has been named as Alan Henry Skittrup, 94, of Taradale.
![Woman trapped next to dead husband](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Woman trapped next to dead husband
An elderly woman lay trapped and badly injured overnight next to her dead husband after their car left a driveway and rolled up to 30 metres down a steep bank.
![Three arrested after tourist robbed at gunpoint](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Three arrested after tourist robbed at gunpoint
Three people will appear in Gisborne District Court over an armed hold-up of a Mexican tourist in Hawkes Bay yesterday.
![Big wineries look to tap Chinese market](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Big wineries look to tap Chinese market
Hawkes Bay wine producers are joining forces to try to cash in on the growing wine market in China.
![Man dies after car lands in stream](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man dies after car lands in stream
One man has died after his car left a rural road near Hastings and ended up in a stream.
![Time to quit, says 95-year-old](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Time to quit, says 95-year-old
Any talk about the retirement age being upped to 68 or 70 would result in a sort of "so what?" response from Trevor Page of Napier.
![Classic foodie road trip](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Classic foodie road trip
A spectacular showcase of flavours from Hawkes Bay launches the winter, writes Catherine Smith.
![Whanau 'shattered'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Whanau 'shattered'
A loving 28-year-old father who fell from his motorcycle in Waipukurau nine days ago has passed away in Wellington Hospital.
![Man still critical after crash that injured seven](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man still critical after crash that injured seven
One man remained in a critical condition at Hawke's Bay Hospital this morning after collision between a van and a logging truck in Hawkes Bay yesterday.
![Two dead after 600m fall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Two dead after 600m fall
Two men have died after a car crashed on a rural road and rolled 600m down a bank near Te Hauke, south of Hastings.
![Man seriously injured after shirt caught fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man seriously injured after shirt caught fire
An elderly man has been seriously injured after his shirt caught fire while using a grinder in Central Hawkes Bay.
![Protesters egg PM's car](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Protesters egg PM's car
Protesters egged Prime Minister John Key's ministerial BMW as it collected him from a state housing development in Napier this afternoon.
![A 'damaging psychological relationship'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
A 'damaging psychological relationship'
A Hawke's Bay volleyball coach has been sentenced to home detention after she admitted engaging in a "damaging psychological relationship" with a young female student.
![Girl shot in stomach by another child](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Girl shot in stomach by another child
An 8-year-old girl is in Hawke's Bay Hospital after being shot in the stomach with an air rifle by another child.
![Early flu causes concern](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Early flu causes concern
Health officials are concerned clusters of the harmful H1N1 virus, responsible for the 2009 swine flu pandemic, are appearing unseasonably early.