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'You have to move forward quickly': Teen racing champ Tom Bewley eyeing opportunities over the ditch
The Havelock North local began with karts, but now he is driving something bigger.
Farmlands to open 'horticulture hub' near Hastings
Farmlands is putting more focus on growers with plans to open a new horticulture hub.
‘Firebomb’ destroys family vehicle: ‘We watched our $100,000 ute go up in flames’
A witness saw four masked men - one threw 'something really big' at the ute.
Lego and lawn work: MokoBoys take indigenous excellence to world stage
Sharing the excellence of indigenous rangatahi is key to the hui.
‘Don’t want to return home’: New Caledonian workers in limbo in Hawke’s Bay
A dozen people have been housed on a marae at Clive during a crisis at home.
Underdogs or medal hopes? Black Sticks dare to dream
Dominic Dixon and Sean Findlay are in, with Greg Nicol as the coach.
Iwi offered resources to safeguard their treasures
Workshops provide training, resources, and tools to enhance preservation of taonga.
'We’ve had customers almost cry': Havelock North Trade Aid mission to continue after store closure
Havelock North Trade Aid store is one of 13 shutting doors across the country.
No let-up: Napier City Rovers look to keep winning ways going after dramatic Chatham Cup triumph
Courage on show in a crucial Chatham Cup win – now a key Central League clash awaits.
‘Everybody as far as I know is still alive’: Champion Pōrangahau team reunites
'In the old days in first-class rugby, ladies weren’t allowed at the after-match...'
Hastings reduces rates rise to 19 per cent; Popular pool's closure on ice
The council has made decisions on its rates rise and Frimley Pool.
'Stunned mullets': Couple claimed $7m-winning Lotto ticket at the kiosk of a busy supermarket
The Hawke's Bay couple claimed their prize at one of Hawke's Bay's busiest supermarkets.
'Technically a write off': Renowned late artist's flood-hit home to become a creative project
The cyclone-ravaged building has been trucked out of the Waiohiki Creative Arts Village.
Rocket Lab signs deal to get Japanese satellites into space
Data collected from Rocket Lab-launched satellites could enhance defence and security.
Cyclone sanctuary, new hospital honoured in prestigious architecture awards
Judge says region's architecture wins 'uplifting' for region.
School lockdown lifted, police still working on 'ongoing incident' in Wairoa
Council offices were 'among sites immediately locked down as a precaution'.
SH2 reopens after logging truck's roll
Logging truck rolls in Hawke's Bay, leaving the main road littered with its load.
Battle of Hastings looms in historic Ranfurly Shield match
General admission for the June 26 Shield match is free. It costs to sit in the grandstand.
Wet weather cancels Matariki-inspired event in Flaxmere
The event would have featured lanterns being floated in a pond at a park.
New fencing champion ends winning streak of five-time title-holder
Meanwhile, the tractor pull competition also celebrated some wins.
'Makes me feel sick': School principal blasts Actura NZ after cancelled space school trip
One student won a scholarship for the trip after being rescued during Cyclone Gabrielle.
Wairoa Athletic's club day promises a community weekend
It's boom times for the club, which hosts rugby, squash, netball and football too.
House prices flat in May, buyers taking time to make decisions
May-laise: A soggy month for many in the housing market.
Top Hawke's Bay Surf Life Savers honoured
Incredible achievements across all Surf Life Saving roles were honoured.
Ex-con supplied pistols to criminal underworld shortly before gun crime spiked
Police say they have intercepted numerous Alfa Carbines cut down to hand guns.
Keeping it Smedley: Trees grown on farm transformed into education facilities by cadets
The cadets built an education hub. Now their attention is focused on a six-stand woolshed.
'I really miss my dad': How a truck driver's measurement error killed a 'hero' father
'To the man who took my hero, my daddy, away: You have ruined the rest of my years.'
'Learn and embrace': Hastings mayor says world-first Te Reo festival could become regular fixture
Thousands are expected to come to the region for the event.
Napier beat Hastings by one point in hotly contested schoolboy rugby rivalry
Napier clinched the victory despite two yellow cards.
Beautified bitumen: Tanker with kid's drawings of worker parents rolls into town
General manager Andrew McRae said people were the most important part of his business.
Triumph and tragedy: Meet the footy fan who takes his mum’s ashes to the game
Mega-fan won't work on match day; a day dedicated to his mum and favourite football team.
Into the arms of her killer: Was OT too quick to place a 19-month-old in a new region?
'She could have stayed with us as long as required ... I can't help thinking, What if?'