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‘We’ll be fighting it’: Red-stickered residents dig in as cyclone decisions delayed
Some cyclone-impacted residents have no intention to leave their land.
Students to return to Eskdale school for the first time since Cyclone Gabrielle
The primary school kids are now back in class, almost two months after the cyclone struck.
Couple upping mortgage after cyclone-damaged property ineligible for Govt fund
The pair fear other lifestyle block owners will be in a similar predicament.
Emphatic Rovers return to winning ways, next stop Wembley
Sharp-shooters fire as Central League football action heats up
Name suppression lapses for Darcy Strickland murder accused
Two men are to face trial in the High Court next February.
‘It’s a circus’: The saga of Hastings’ misfiring railway barrier arms
KiwiRail tells drivers and pedestrians to take extra precautions amid barrier failures.
U3A Havelock North and Senior Net Hawke's Bay come together
Two Hastings elderly groups collaborate so members can have the best both have to offer.
Hastings suburb has new New World supermarket canned
Hastings District Council and Foodstuffs North Island cancel bid for a new supermarket.
Central League MVP out to end the pain game
A key Napier City Rovers player on the frustration of not turning strong games into wins.
‘Rorting the Revenue’: Ex-accountant jailed for $9m tax fraud indicates legal fight is not over
Convicted fraudster Barrie Skinner was the victim of a recent assault.
Heretaunga Women’s Centre is driving in the right direction with their brand-new car
The Heretaunga Women’s Centre is driving in the right direction with its brand-new car.
Permanent memorial planned for teen murder victim Ariki Rigby
Sister of slain teen talks of new mission to remember and honour her loved one.
Anti-gang operation nets businessman offering to sell gun and cocaine
Financial difficulties led a man back to crime after years of going straight.
Hastings council reveals 8.5 per cent rates rise, other councils to announce rises
Rates rise in the pipeline for Hastings ratepayers.
Raising the roof: Businessman shells out half a million dollars for special 50th birthday gift
Businessman talks about his $500,000 birthday present to his beloved footy club.
Up to 800 homes now planned for Napier's new suburb Mission Hills
Plots are now selling for the housing project which could take up to a decade to build.
Hastings District promises to change inequities in rates relief system
Decisions around rates relief after Cyclone Gabrielle has caused some frustration.
Ariki Rigby’s sister believes ‘jealousy and drugs’ behind teen’s murder
Sister believes police closer to catching teen's killers - reveals possible motive.
Mapu scores four tries on Hawke’s Bay club rugby’s big night out
Napier Tech and Taradale took maximum points again.
Local Hastings man organises blood drive for HB ethnic communities
A local man sets up a big blood drive at Toitoi for the local ethnic community.
Home rules: Rovers look for winning form at home
Goal to make sure home ground advantage is used to the maximum.
Widow calls killer’s letter of apology an ‘insult’
Paula Stoddart described apology letter as 'yet another insult' to her husband's family.
From silt to sanctity: Eskdale and Pōrangahau communities still cleaning gravesites
Communities and the Remembrance Army are cleaning up at Eskdale Cemetary.
Hawke’s Bay weather set to improve after gloomy start to Easter weekend
Weather warnings for Hawke's Bay were lifted on Sunday.
The feeling of being left alone - Hawke’s Bay’s disaster within a disaster
To restore confidence, it's time for the Civil Defence Joint Committee to step aside.
Early start planned to beat Sir Rod’s rainy night in Napier
Mission Concert poised to go ahead.
‘It’s not good enough’: Hawke’s Bay businesses feel abandoned after cyclone
Hawke's Bay business owners want more support in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle.
Easter weather: What's in store for the long weekend
The South Island also woke to a cold and frosty morning to kick off the long weekend.
Home detention instead of prison for burglar who resisted joining Mongrel Mob
Judge Gordon Matenga says he will not send young burglar to jail.
Medicinal cannabis clinic opens, doctor surprised at prescription demand
"I will be talking to somebody and they say ‘I didn’t even know this was a thing’."
Hastings woman strikes it rich with $500,000 Lotto win
The winning Strike Lotto ticket was sold from Paper Plus Hastings.
Cheers to 50 years: Napier City Rovers’ history of stars, famous wins, a future rugby international and even a ‘hex’ on the club
Rovers revealed: The supposed 'hex' and a star who went on to play against the All Blacks
More than 60 new homes for Hastings in latest Kāinga Ora project
There are plans for more than 60 new homes.