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How a Year 11 student conquered the NZ Scholarship Te Reo exam

Maieke Thompson ranked in top 0.04% for Te Reo Māori Scholarship.

Beast Of Burden building a consistent record - just like mum: John Jenkins

OPINION: Lady Kipling also a model of consistency and was rated by Murray Baker.

My operatic work in progress: Wyn Drabble

OPINION: 'I’m a fan of madcap mayhem. I’m a fan of colour.'

CHB tries to lower rates hike to 10% as cyclone-hit Hastings sticks with 15%

Hastings can't accommodate any new projects in 2024/25.

Hawke’s Bay Tourism secures its $1m lifeline

Napier City Council is backing $450k in funding for Hawke’s Bay Tourism's lifeline.

Fatal fight: Jury reaches verdict on logger who claimed self-defence

A jury has reached a verdict in the Nathan Moscrip High Court manslaughter case.

Using bull kelp to make art: Five questions with Heidi Brickell

'Making art – in the most authentic way – I can’t explain the joyfulness it gives me.'

Waipukurau’s water turned off for five hours: ‘Our community is always at risk’

Mayor Alex Walker says shutdown showed tough call to invest more is the right one.

Firefighters among five taken to hospital after collapse while erecting portable home

Those injured had been erecting a structure on private land next door to the fire station.

‘High time we had a bylaw’: Freedom camper defecates on grass outside their vehicle

'We don’t want people setting up camp and staying for months at places.'

Swim, bike, and outlast the ‘territorial dogs’: Samoan athletes starting a triathlon culture

Locals have opened their arms to welcome a group of Samoan triathletes to Napier.

'It wasn't about me any more': Former student honours legacy of beloved teacher with terminal cancer

One message he wants to share through the doco is for men to be proactive with health.

‘Taking back control’: Police spent $75,000 patrolling gang funeral

Eighteen arrests were made as out-of-town cops and the Eagle helicopter swooped.

Splash Planet pulling the plug early to cover costs

Visitor numbers to the water park are down more than 15,000 on the previous season.

Return of the Tri - athletes from 15 countries race their way to Napier

The World Cup event on Sunday is part of the second Napier Triathlon Festival.

Claim part-timers won’t solve Hawke’s Bay’s problems

A departing councillor says amalgamation to create fulltimers could fix the issues.

Historic Hastings church hall columns up for grabs

The columns were salvaged from the demolished Wesley Methodist Hall.

Man charged with murder after fatal assault near park

Homicide investigation was launched after the man died in Hawke’s Bay Hospital on Sunday.