Latest from Hawke's Bay

Letters: NZ needs a long-term vision for infrastructure

OPINION: 'Why do we have to spend time and money cleaning up after the incompetents?'

Hunt for NZ’s 11th meteorite is on

A fireball lit up the North Island night sky on Wednesday, exciting meteorite hunters.

Driver wanted after $50,000 heist and police chase tried to hide in a woodshed

Hendrix John Haerewa rammed two police cars before fleeing on foot.

Mayor encourages public protest at Napier Health Centre over overnight health care

Over 100 signed a health services 'Buller Declaration', and the mayor urged them to rally.

‘Most exposed I’ve ever seen it’: Swells uncover near-century-old shipwreck

Despite no crew perishing, a man died after a fall at the wreck a few months later.

Love at first meatball: 'There was chemistry across the bakery'

'As we were both quite young some of the conversations were a bit raunchy.'

Meet Tanya, the woman who can open a bottle of beer with a 13-tonne excavator

She’ll be one of the first women competing at the National Excavator Operator Competition.

Into the blue: Ocean-inspired artist, 22, lands first exhibition

Annabel Morgan works in a surf shop by day and paints the sea by night.

School giving most of its 'inedible' lunches to a pig called Crackles

Critics of the school say it should invest in some salt and pepper to make them tastier.

Napier house fire treated as suspicious, police appeal for witnesses

Police are asking anyone who may have seen suspicious activity to come forward.

Māori-owned businesses surpass 1000 in Hawke’s Bay

"Māori-owned businesses often prioritise kaitiakitanga."

Kahurānaki for sale - Iwi and hapū look at options to buy ancestral maunga

'Everyone agrees it’s very important, so we’ll work through it all and see where we get.'

'Short and sharp': Early feijoa harvest hits Gisborne, Hawke's Bay

Growers report good fruit size, but heavy crops have struggled due to wet conditions.

Stories of heroism unearthed as ‘long unseen' Dannevirke treasures go up for auction

A firefighter's sacrifice, and a Navy man's bravery - the back stories behind the medals.

Developer's plan to merge Hastings and Flaxmere with 2000 homes revealed

David Colville says the ambitious plan is needed. An opponent says it is 'preposterous'.

‘Closely monitoring’: How is New Zealand responding to the threat of knife crime?

Last year saw 1639 incidents involving stabbing or cutting weapons.