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![Mahia bound: Search continues for missing fishing boat off Gisborne](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Mahia bound: Search continues for missing fishing boat off Gisborne
Helicopters carrying out shoreline search, sea too rough to tackle.
![Last of the Cancer Society daffodils for Māhia’s Mev](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Last of the Cancer Society daffodils for Māhia’s Mev
Long-time supporter of cancer fight in honour of late friend.
![Let the games begin at Māhia's new sports courts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Let the games begin at Māhia's new sports courts
'It’s been a long-held dream for the community.'
![Carving of Māhia ancestor Rongomaiwahine unveiled at beach playground](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Carving of Māhia ancestor Rongomaiwahine unveiled at beach playground
New Rongomaiwahine carving at Māhia by Gisborne master carver Boydie Te Nahu.
![Rocket Lab sends Nasa polar satellite into space](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Rocket Lab sends Nasa polar satellite into space
A climate change-focused mission from Mahia.
!['It had to be done': Why a section of Napier-Gisborne railway line is being taken away](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
'It had to be done': Why a section of Napier-Gisborne railway line is being taken away
A railway line in northern Hawke's Bay is being removed to move the eroding road over.
![Closing in on solution to Māhia's Blacks Beach erosion issue](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Closing in on solution to Māhia's Blacks Beach erosion issue
Answer to coastal erosion issue in final design stages.
!['It hurts the people who are already grieving': Thousands worth of rebuild material stolen from Hawke's Bay school and pre-school](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
'It hurts the people who are already grieving': Thousands worth of rebuild material stolen from Hawke's Bay school and pre-school
Nuhaka School and a pre-school on-site have suffered a series of break-ins and thefts.
![Watch: Nasa, Rocket Lab launch solar sail from Mahia](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Watch: Nasa, Rocket Lab launch solar sail from Mahia
Nasa's new solar sail mission that uses sunlight for propulsion has launched from HB.
![Severe thunderstorms, strong winds to hit Hawke's Bay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Severe thunderstorms, strong winds to hit Hawke's Bay
Adverse weather watches have been issued for late Monday and early Tuesday.
![Man says drugs were for own use - his safe password suggested otherwise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Man says drugs were for own use - his safe password suggested otherwise
Drug seller claims money was from orchard work, building and pokies.
![Stay out of the water: DoC warning after shark kills stranded whale](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Stay out of the water: DoC warning after shark kills stranded whale
"Well-meaning" volunteers warned they can create a risk to themselves and whales.
![Massive shark kills and devours stranded whale, attempted rescuer flees water](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Massive shark kills and devours stranded whale, attempted rescuer flees water
'It took its whole head off. There are not many sharks that can do that.'
![Councillor stands by decision to not offer Māhia railbike business rates remission](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Councillor stands by decision to not offer Māhia railbike business rates remission
One councillor says the business “needs to stand on its own”.
![Rocket Lab successfully launches ‘world-first’ space junk mission for Japanese firm](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Rocket Lab successfully launches ‘world-first’ space junk mission for Japanese firm
Satellite launched from Mahia a first step towards cleaning up space.
![Napier man’s rise from farm life to putting together rockets in the US](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Napier man’s rise from farm life to putting together rockets in the US
Tim Charlton's off to the US to be part of a bold project to launch a new 40m-tall rocket.
!['Extortionate': $10,000-a-year rates shock threatens railbike venture dream](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
'Extortionate': $10,000-a-year rates shock threatens railbike venture dream
Geoff Main built an attraction on the old rail line. He didn't anticipate the rates bill.
![Mahia shark warning issued after mass ‘whale’, dolphin stranding](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Mahia shark warning issued after mass ‘whale’, dolphin stranding
Several shark species feed on whales and dolphins, including their carcasses.
!['Welfare decision': Euthanising Mahia's stranded dolphins was a hard but necessary choice](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
'Welfare decision': Euthanising Mahia's stranded dolphins was a hard but necessary choice
"They weren’t going to make it, or if they did it would be in a terrible condition."
![Pod of stranded false killer whales and dolphins euthanised](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Pod of stranded false killer whales and dolphins euthanised
40 false killer whales and bottlenose dolphins were euthanised after being re-stranded.
![Watch: Mass stranding - desperate attempt to save whales at Hawke’s Bay beach](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Watch: Mass stranding - desperate attempt to save whales at Hawke’s Bay beach
Locals flocked to a beach in Mahia to try to save the stranded pilot whales.