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Coldest June morning in five years: Otago town shivers at -12.3C
Middlemarch has registered New Zealand's coldest June temperature since 2015.
Empty class: Inside the foreign student crisis
Decisions on how to let foreign students back next year are needed soon.
Fire and fury: June burn offs 'hazardous' to Bay's health
Experts warn increase in outdoor burning is becoming a health risk this winter.
'Unacceptable': Man dies after IT error causes year-long delay in test results
An IT error caused a year-long delay in a dying man receiving his test results.
Napier's $40m pool formally blocked by council, public to get another say
It meets a promise of Kirsten Wise and several candidates in last year's Local Elections.
Hotel school closes after 34 years, blames border closures
Auckland hotel training school closes after 34 years due to border closure.
Twenty arrests in two days: The planned raid of a Hawke's Bay Mongrel Mob chapter
A new offshoot of the Mongrel Mob had sprung up. Police were watching, waiting.
Busy roads, heavy rain and flood warnings: Warning for holidaymakers
Northland and Coromandel set for the heaviest falls; motorists urged to take care.
'Busiest we have ever been': Building boom in Hawke's Bay
Residential consents in Hawke's Bay grew 43.9 per cent in the 12 months to March 2020.
'Where's the money?': Terrifying three minutes as man trashes Westpac
As staff fled, a man ran to help. He found himself trapped and alone with a screaming man.
Seeya, sunshine: Rain on way as high heads east
Our good run of weather had to come to an end.
Drug ring lost $250,000 in burglary, then got raided by police
Gang had high hopes for Sarah Megan Gambirazzi's Haumoana home. But cops were watching.
Napier's Art Deco Trust proposes restructure
About seven of the 11 paid employees and volunteers will be affected.
No capital works planned for 'unforgiving' Napier-Taupō Rd
NZTA needs to stop using 'Band-Aids' for notorious stretch of highway, truckie says.
Parents still battling for cancelled school trip refunds
Student Horizons pays $392,000 in refunds but parents say they have little to show for it.
Covid-19 may change National Aquarium's ambitious plans
The fate of the National Aquarium in Napier hangs in the balance.
Level 2 sport: Hawke's Bay clubs tackle new-look training
Some football teams are getting back to training but are limited to fitness and passing.
Forty-two haircuts by 9.40am - how Hawke's Bay greeted level 2
Morning was frantic, Emerson Street Barbers owner said, but it was what they lived for.
Fatal crash closes SH50 between Napier and Hastings
Car struck a tree on the boundary of the Napier Golf Club course.
Revealed: Why many Kiwi parents will keep kids at home in level 2
Parents appear evenly split over whether to send their children back to school.
More than 1400 in Hawke's Bay apply for unemployment benefit in a month
744 more people jobless in Hastings during peak picking shows "true impact" of lockdown.
Local Focus: Napier resort to grow but rates to rise with relief for some
Some people "can still afford to pay their rates". Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Napier resort to grow but rates to rise with relief for some
Some people "can still afford to pay their rates". Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Road re-opened after motorist killed in Napier
The crash occurred on Marine Parade at Te Awa.
'Just another hurdle': Tree removal near Napier caused Vodafone outage
Customers and businesses across Hawke's Bay were left without landline and mobile service.
Police warn Mongrel Mob: This will not be tolerated
Arrests made after visits to Hamilton gang pad.
GO LOCAL! NZME regional titles launch support-local campaign
Initiative calls on people to support local businesses.
When level 4 ends, the beach will be pretty inviting in Hawke's Bay
The region has a sunny and fine week ahead.
Napier City Council won't have permanent CEO until 2021
Napier City Council has appointed Keith Marshall as Interim Chief Executive.
Napier man traces father's footsteps, a WWII soldier, to Cassino
"Dad came home, became a farmer like many others, said little and got on with life."
Napier Port set aside space to house temporary Covid-19 hospital
The port's an essential service, and it's had a fascinating lockdown month.
First snow, then rainbows, now 25C days: Hawke's Bay's autumnal week
Next week sees winds gather pace, as temperatures continue to fall.