'This was different': The text that stopped two radio hosts in their tracks
Adam and Megan didn't know if anyone could hear them. But a flood victim was listening.
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Beachfront property at risk of eroding into the sea sells at auction
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Indevin confirms wine bottling move, redundancies, pledges help to workers
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Thieves target traffic light batteries at SH2 road works
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East Coast lost 10 metres of shoreline from Cyclone Gabrielle
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Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ needs a plan to fix failing infrastructure
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The day the waters broke: Giving birth in a cyclone
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Mission impossible or a miracle? Napier man Campbell Gray’s crack at Coast to Coast
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Man on $100k meth shopping spree used child's sickness to dodge Covid checkpoints
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'They were literally bouncing off the rocks': Young family saved at Napier Port after engine fire
High winds and rolling conditions made for a daring rescue at Napier Port.
Hawke's Bay Megafish winner hauls in 104.8kg fish and over $30,000 in prizes
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Vikings return to Norsewood for a weekend of festival fun
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Unspent $10m Lotto draw for Cyclone Gabrielle flood victims baffles mayor
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'Out of control': Numbers waiting too long for specialist appointments reach 60,000
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Hastings mayor focused on finishing voluntary buy-out process
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Men plucked from ocean in extreme wind as boat sinks during Megafish competition
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Judgment day looms in Napier’s Megafish after marlin mania
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NZ police open investigation into death threats against World Rugby referees
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'Pride and joy' ute torched on front lawn as homeowners sleep
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From the MTG: We are set for another year of educational fun
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‘Don’t know the answer’: Investigations after wildlife deaths at Ahuriri estuary
The swans and eels were reported dead last weekend.
'Our kaupapa is redhead pride': Hundreds gather in Hastings for 'Gingas in the Stings' event
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