Journey back in time: 1939 railcar returns for 2025 Hawke's Bay Art Deco festival
An authentic Art Deco period railcar will travel from Pahīatua to delight passengers.
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Hockey: Gutted Black Stick raring to go as Premier League hits Napier
Two matches will be played on Saturday in the new national Premier Hockey League.
Man disembarking Picton ferry arrested over Hawke's Bay firearms incident
A man was arrested disembarking a ferry in Picton over an AOS callout in Hastings.
'They built it together': Son selling iconic winery eight years after dad's death
'Since my father died, my mother, she comes over here more to cry than anything else.'
This cider was an 'act of desperation' - now it's NZ's best
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Watch: Car smashes through cafe's glass wall, sending customers scrambling
The driver mistook the accelerator for the brake pedal while parking.
Four fire call-outs in Hawke's Bay this Guy Fawkes, Te Mata Peak summit quiet
Te Mata Peak had no issues, with its summit closing early each night this week.
'Over the moon': The Black Caps' best player in India is finally treading his own path
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From seeds to giants: The transformation of Hawke's Bay's Little Redwoods
Little Redwood Grove at Te Mata Park turns 50.
Tararua council to move chambers, saving ratepayers $91k a year
TCC is relocating its chambers to Dannevirke Town Hall to save ratepayers money.
Napier City Rovers' sights on National League glory
With three rounds to go, team remain in the hunt for grand final spot.
Young cannabis seller turns over $500,000 in sales in nine weeks
The 23-year-old appealed his sentence saying jail would hinder his ability to be a dad.
Plan to turn showgrounds land, and some homes, into floodway to protect Wairoa
A plan has been devised to unleash the Wairoa River during heavy rain with a new floodway.
New $20m rescue helicopter to boost Hawke’s Bay's lifesaving missions
Aircraft ordered and due to arrive and begin operating in September 2026.
Napier man challenges insurer over flood hazard maps, gets premium discount
Call for greater transparency on where insurers get their information from.
'We saw it breach about 30 times': Humpback whale delights fishermen
A fisherman spotted a 'big splash' about 3km from his boat on Saturday.
More than 500 new homes planned for Hastings suburb
Two businessmen, a commentator and a horticulturist team up for a bold plan in Flaxmere.
Triumphant Rosemary Mair brings World Cup to Hawke's Bay
White Ferns victory tour heads to Havelock North on Wednesday.
One of Hawke’s Bay’s oldest rugby clubs moving after 50 years
The Napier club is building a brand-new clubroom and changing rooms – at a new location.
Melbourne Cup: Former Napier Boys’ High pupil rides a Kiwi hope
Michael (Mick) Dee has ridden 783 winners, but none yet in the Melbourne Cup.
'Innocent people are going to get harmed': Bullet holes found in homes amid Hawke's Bay suspected gang shootings
One woman living in a home with bullet holes had shifted there because of cyclone damage.
Club final in Napier as rugby league breaks new ground – again
Driven by a coach with a passion, the Stallions reach the final in their first season.
‘Twerps’ or trailblazers? The teens who convinced a council to let them have a voting voice - sort of
They wanted this conversation to be had, just without the ironically childish insults.
'Walking wounded': Bus crash victims arrive for work, with support
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'Looks like Flash Gordon left it behind': Artist spends $16,000 creating a sculpture
'The theme is about making something out of stuff that people would usually discard.'
Political divide: What would a Trump win mean for Hawke's Bay and the world?
What are Hawke's Bay-based Americans wanting to see happen to their homeland?
'World leader': Rocket Lab to celebrate 50th rocket launch from Mahia
'It’s a neat atmosphere with all the people sitting in the sand dunes waiting for launch.'
Watch: Increasingly loud highway bridge becoming 'unnerving' to cross, truckie says
New decking is to blame for the 'increased noise'.
Gamechanger: New HB clinic to improve access to cancer diagnosis and treatment
'This clinic marks a transformative moment for the Hawke’s Bay region.'
Inmates claim prison gang assault was 'utu', sentences should be reduced under Māori lore
Seven Black Power members attacked a Nomad inmate after 'an unwanted sexual advance'.
Freemasons open the doors to Scinde Lodge: 'We don’t control the world – look at us'
A 300-year-old not-so-secret society is utilising modern tech to bring in younger members.
Generational investing - how age shapes financial strategy: Nick Stewart
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John Jenkins: Jockey triumphs after life-threatening adversity
OPINION: It may have been just a minor race, but to Mudhoo, it meant the world.
Napier blaze a ‘magnificent spectacle of great sheets of flames’: Gail Pope
Opinion: 'Suffocating fumes of smoke' rapidly seeped through the wooden structure.