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Hawke's Bay and the Central North Island buck national road toll trend

Central North Island - less than 28 percent of population, 50 per cent of the road toll.

New playground forced to close off section after equipment damaged

New $1.7 million playground has been partially closed after reopening two weeks ago.

Opinion: Humility and mana present in Hawke's Bay New Year Honours recipients

Hawke's Bay Today salutes our 2020 New Years Honours recipients.

How to go viral on Tik Tok: Hastings teenager's dance joke entertains more than 1 million

Andrew Hayward is still shocked at the attention he gets from uploading 30-second videos.

Creative young Hawke's Bay kids off to Texas

Pupils win chance to show their robotics skills in the US next year.

'A nearly nightly occurrence': Thieves target Hawke's Bay Hospital carpark

Car break-ins occurring on a "too-regular basis", Hawke's Bay Hospital says.

Hastings Youth Council reflects on busy year of lobbying and events

Group of 15 "really put Hastings on the map" with number of events.

Local Focus: Trelinnoe Park falls into passionate hands

Trelinnoe Park falls into passionate hands. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Hawke's Bay's largest purpose-built accommodation for seasonal workers making progress

The accommodation is scheduled to be ready and open in February.

Water Central proposal dropped before work even starts

The work is part of the Hastings District Council's Long Term Plan 2018-2028.

Hastings CBD is set to get a bit of a facelift with new pasta bar coming in the new year

The new pasta bar will be called Sazio, which means "full, satisfied" in Italian.

'Going to get very bad': Sales time at big shopping centre, and one way out's closed

Asbestos exposure risk means Sir James Wattie Pl remains closed to the public.

Old boys clash to celebrate life of humble champion

Former national league players to return to Bay for tribute match.

Hastings to get 200 new houses in next two years, Govt announces

Papakāinga affordable housing on Māori land one of the solutions to district crisis.

Locked in Hastings public toilets: Hidden challenges newly homeless face

Kathleen Ora Winitana heard the lock on the public toilets click and footsteps walk away.

DoC: Decision on Cape Kidnappers track reopening 'imminent'

A massive landslide seriously injured a pair of Korean tourists in January.

Bay history 'treasure trove' at risk amid funding worries

The future of the digitised historic collections looks grim without funding.

'It was like coming home': First door opens to public at Hawke's Bay Opera House

People can now visit the box office, the first time a door's been open since 2014.