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Watch NZH Local Focus: Wairoa's time to be revitalised

Wairoa District Mayor Craig Little says 2017 is about getting back to basics to spruce up shop fronts, roads, and footpaths to improve the town's visual identity. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Wairoa’s time to be revitalised

Wairoa District Mayor Craig Little says 2017 is about getting back to basics to spruce up shopfronts, roads, and footpaths to improve the town’s visual identity. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Arrest follows violent hitch-hiker incident

A man was attacked and his car stolen in the incident, police say.

Police hunt hitchhiker who beat man

Police would like to speak to anyone who saw a hitchhiker in the vicinity of the Gisborne Park Golf Club on Gladstone Road, Gisborne.

Fun and rodeo draw crowds at Wairoa show

A record number of entrants were hanging on for dear life as horses kicked and bulls bucked at the Wairoa A&P Show rodeo. The rodeo

Child hospitalised after dog bite

Emergency services were not called immediately after attack.

Fatal bus crash investigation continuing

State Highway 2 between Gisborne and Wairoa will be closed at some point over the next two days to investigate at fatal bus crash.

Warm, wet, wild: 2016's extreme weather

There was a record downpour in Auckland, a tornado in Taranaki and "quake lights" above Wellington. Oh, and 2016 was likely also New Zealand's hottest year on record.

No power in Gisborne area for days

It could be two or more days before the Gisborne area gets power after a light plane crashed into power lines this morning, cutting electricity to the city.

Frasertown meatworks closure no surprise says mayor

The 67 meat workers set to lose their jobs from Silver Fern Farms' Frasertown plant will receive a quarter of the redundancy agreement

Watch NZH Local Focus: Wairoa residents sick of dust

A petition to have one of Wairoa's main alternative roads sealed has attracted more than 240 signatures. Kiwi Road residents want it sealed to decrease dust nuisance, improve their health and overall lifestyle. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Wairoa residents sick of dust

A petition to have one of Wairoa’s main alternative roads sealed has attracted more than 240 signatures. Kiwi Road is just one of several rural roads residents want sealed to decrease dust nuisance, improve their health and overall lifestyle. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Napier-Wairoa rail line to re-open

The Napier-Wairoa rail line is set to reopen, with an agreement between KiwiRail and Napier Port being signed today.

Petrol at lowest price in more than decade

Prices for petrol in some parts of Hawke's Bay yesterday dropped to the lowest prices in the region in more than a decade.

Scramble to save historic DoC building

Heritage campaigners have launched a last-ditch effort to save an historic Waikaremoana building.

Bottle hurled at car smashes driver's window

Gisborne family feeling lucky to be alive after a terrifying incident while travelling through Raupunga.

No charges over death of 4-month-old

Baby boy's mother says investigation concluding is 'huge relief'.

Mongrel Mob deaths: Mystery car found

Police have found the blue car believed to have been involved in a fatal crash that left three gang members dead on Saturday.