Why Esk Valley is part of the Hastings District
Residents north of Napier ask why they're in the Hastings district.
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'We are going to miss you dearly': Who are the 11 victims of Cyclone Gabrielle?
Two more deaths were confirmed by police this morning, taking the toll to 11.
Witnesses sought following assault at Hastings park
A man received facial injuries in an assault at Cornwall Park on Saturday afternoon.
Both lanes reopen on vital bridge between Hastings and Napier; update on Napier-Taupo Rd
Some late-night closures of the bridge are in the pipeline.
Wet start to week to make way for fine weather in Hawke’s Bay
A wet start to the week will turn to much finer conditions.
'It will be with me for a while': Police officer on the day the cyclone hit Hawke's Bay
A Dannevirke police officer was in the thick of it during the flooding.
Craig Cooper: $465 for one filling is proof the dental health system is buggered
$465 for 30 minutes of discomfort is fine if you're seeing a dominatrix but not a dentist.
Young child dies in water incident at Napier property
A young child has died at a private address in Onekawa.
Tears and sweat shed as homeowners and volunteers dig in for Gabrielle clean-up
The Cyclone Gabrielle clean-up in Hawke's Bay is a mammoth operation.
‘I didn’t care about drowning, I just had to save my mokos’ - cyclone survivor
Battling neck-high flood waters, Jim McIlroy put the live of his mokos ahead of his own.
Severe thunderstorm watch: Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, Bay of Plenty, Taupō could get lashed today
“These thunderstorms will bring localised heavy rain and small hail."
750 buildings condemned after January floods, Cyclone Gabrielle
Hundreds of buildings have been red-stickered and thousands yellow or white-stickered.
Wettest summer on record for Napier and other stunning stats revealed in Niwa summary
A NIWA summary of summer has provided some shocking data on rainfall in Hawke's Bay.
Climate strikers demand action: 'Floods have taught us not to accept this as normality’
A small but passionate group of climate protestors marched through Napier on Friday.
The day Mohaka turned into ‘an island within New Zealand’
Alice Grace Jarvis-Basher and her partner found a beach covered in wood debris at Mohaka.
‘We will go home’: Life in a Hastings evacuation centre weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle
There are 83 red-stickered and 785 yellow-stickered properties across Hastings and Napier.
Ambulance and police called to water-related incident at Napier home
Emergency services attended a water incident in Onekawa, Napier, on Friday afternoon.
TV cameras roll at Bledisloe School's temporary classroom
Bledisloe School featured on Seven Sharp while it's working out of the town hall
Aerial images of cyclone aftermath help to make damage clear
SkyCan images on the Linz website provide graphic insight into the extent of damage.
'Heartbreaking': CHB soldiers among cyclone first responders
“There’s some bloody awesome people out there.”
Which Hastings parks are open and which remain closed
While most urban parks and reserves around Hastings are open, several remain closed.
From the MTG: What’s in a photograph?
Looking after photographic collection it is not without its challenges.
Weekend temp shock: Autumn's 'dramatic' cold snap, thunderstorms for cyclone-hit regions
The weekend's warm start will be shortlived with day-time highs going from 26C - 15C.
Survivor of 1938 Esk Valley flooding reflects on mirrored disasters
It's 1938 and Patricia Morton's sleeping under the stars in fleece wool, her home buried.
Cyclone a huge test for business continuity plans
From this event, we learned we weren’t prepared for everything
Broken hearts: How a fight to save 11 horses turned into a fight for life in Pakowhai
Injured, and grappling with grief, the social media accusations of abandonment stung.
States of emergency end for some regions, remains active in Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay
Waikato, Auckland and Tararua districts are moving towards a national transition phase.
Slash inquiry: Forestry boss says Nash’s industry ties could be ‘impediment’
Stuart Nash says the scale of the debris is "completely unacceptable".
Hawke’s Bay Airport evacuated over alarm activation
Hawke's Bay Airport was evacuated, with firefighters on the scene.
Power crews work street-by-street; SH5 plea for motorists
Unison power crews are working street-by-street repairing power
Temporary bridges for Hawke's Bay could be 'two or three months' away
It will fall to district councils to determine if they need a temporary bridge.
Nurse who 'lost everything' in cyclone returns to work three days later
Maria Hollingshead thinks humour and humanity are getting her through losing her home.
1000-strong team working to reconnect Hastings communities
At least 10 Hastings district rural communities were isolated after Cyclone Gabrielle.