'Locals supporting locals': Rural ambulance efforts recognised
They provide 24/7 coverage, handling emergencies from crashes to cardiac arrests.
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Police on alert ahead of Hastings funeral
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Police investigation finds employee ignored supervisor, did not provide proper care for sick prisoner
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Napier Port rejects union claim it is 'selectively suspending' workers
'Disruptive' industrial action under way as higher pay sought for about 185 port workers.
Hawke's Bay youth basketball teams set for international debut in Thailand
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Silver Ferns test in Napier swiftly sells out
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First XV rugby: Napier Boys' defeat Hamilton Boys' in comeback thriller
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Crowds of up to 15,000 at Matariki fires on Hawke's Bay beaches
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Taradale flex their Maddison muscles
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Tararua District Council to install water meters
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Engineer called in as project to reopen Shine Falls begins
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'Never came home': Runner plans marathon for women murdered on runs
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'Geriatric poverty': Outrage over Central Hawke’s Bay water rate hikes
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Matariki is the ‘door to the new year’: Te Hira Henderson
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