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Local Focus: Different views on Captain Cook
How to mark the arrival of Cook divides the community. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Labour shortage hinders pipfruit season
There is concern around the amount of top-class growing soil disappearing under housing.
Ride of Respect gives RSA trusts a great boost
There will be a name change for next year's outing.
Whaitiri wants her portfolios back after assault claims
"There was no altercation and there was no assault," Meka Whaitiri maintains.
Seventy new jobs as farm conversion to orchard gets OIO tick
130ha of land to be developed in to apple orchards by company owned mostly in Europe.
Mysterious flashing lights reported all over Northland
In the past 24 hours there has been about 32 lightning strikes offshore of Northland.
Excitement over champions' field days
A feast of four farming field days in a month in Hawke's Bay and the East Coast.
Things to do this weekend in Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay has plenty of activities and events on this weekend.
Ship-shape for big Napier offshore powerboat race, despite big crash
Boats collided a fortnight ago - now they're racing in the Bay.
Scammers accuse woman of tax fraud and threaten with arrest
The scammers called from a phone number which showed up as the Gisborne police.
Air Napier locks in six flights a week on Gisborne route
Two flights a day will now operate every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Truck driver says better pay, communication and more workers would help industry
Truck driver says better communication, pay, and more workers needed to help truckers
Hawke's Bay teen struck down by heart disease works his way to health
Lachlan Puzey let's nothing get in way of his goals - not even heart disease.
223kg marlin catches crew by surprise
Napier boat Lexington and its crew have taken home the grand prize of $10,000.
Things to do this weekend
Hawke's Bay has plenty of activities and events on this weekend.
Regular holidaymakers at Lake Waikaremoana voice concerns over management
New management at Lake Waikaremoana are 'destroying' it, according to locals.
Speedway: Hawkeyes boast plenty of talent for future
Quinn Ryan secures chequered flag on debut
Flying school bus? Private school parents ask for flight from Gisborne to Hawke's Bay
Investors behind re-launch of Napier to Gisborne airline route blown away by requests.
Teens, 15 and 13, arrested following police pursuit
The pursuit was abandoned for a short time before police found the pair again.
Airline launches direct flight between Napier and Gisborne
Connecting the East Coast: Air Napier is launching a new, direct flight to Gisborne.
One dead and SH35 closed after truck rolls
SH35 is closed north of Gisborne after a truck rolled onto the road early this morning.
'When, not if': Preparing for the 'megathrust' quake
An emergency response plan will be based on a magnitude 8.9 quake and tsunami scenario.
Man missing after night swim at Gisborne beach
The man was seen going into the water at Kaiti Beach about 9.45pm.
The district has had 19 road deaths this year
"At the end of the day it's people making mistakes," - Dan Foley, NZ Police.
EIT degrees now free for first two years
EIT and government initiatives dove-tailing to produce two years of free tertiary study.
How community ousted pokie machines
Gisborne community trust shuts down pokie bar. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Gisborne crash victim was pregnant with first child
Erica Jones was the sole occupant of her car when it collided with a logging truck.
Number of jobless in Hawke's Bay halves in a year
An extra 4400 people are in work in Hawke's Bay compared with the same time last year.
Out with Cook statue that isn't Cook, in with native plants
Iwi want to restore the hill's mauri. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Restoring mana to Titirangi
Problems include a statue of Capt Cook that isn't Cook. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Your weather: Strong winds and heavy rain expected across country
Rain and gusts of 100kmh are expected across the country today as a front moves north.
Paradise lost or fortune gained? The stoush over Hicks Bay
Hicks Bay hapu won't contemplate a port. Made with funding from NZ On Air.