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Napier City Council site takes step toward potential hotel development
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Slain police officer's nephew graduates from police college
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'Could get out of hand': Napier council stops providing free replacement recycling bins
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Man shot by police at Flaxmere school had an imitation pistol
Man presented imitation pistol before being shot, police say.
Flaxmere school shooting: Top cop backs 'split-second' decisions
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Suzuki Series: Table set for Whanganui after tight round at Manfeild.
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Hastings to get 200 new houses in next two years, Govt announces
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Hawke's Bay orchardist looks to change opinion on 'ugly fruit'
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'Slightly different team-talk': Napier football coach's words for team during park lockdown
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Bay helicopter crew assist after Whakaari/White Island tragedy
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'A lot of tears': Heartwarming moment Chloe, 9, meets ill boy she raised money for
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Jules Mikus: The criminal life and prison death of a child killer
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Motorcycle crash victims shared 'intense love' of life
Tributes have been paid to the two victims of a crash on the Napier-Taupo Road.
Suzuki Series roars into life in Taupo
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'I didn't grieve at all': Arrest cop on death of Teresa Cormack's killer
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Hit and run: Car located after man pushed baby to safety before being struck
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Kevin Atkinson dropped as chairman for Hawke's Bay in DHB shakeup
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Hawke's Bay's Uber desert: Taxi companies haven't been dented by ridesharing app's launch
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Napier's National Aquarium options: $77m rebuild or shut down
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Green with envy? Soaring temps blamed for deterioration of Napier streams
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'Tighter rules' force National Aquarium to euthanase piranhas
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