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'Most urgent project in 20 years': City engineer
"I near fell off my chair" - principal's response when told work starts straightaway.

First look at European-style 'village' development
Developers hope to be ready to start building by July 2020.

Scientists closer to forecasting next big one off Hawke's Bay
Small quake can lubricate colliding plates, and trigger a slow-slip event, research finds.

Meth, money and a friend's haunting plea: Why former drug dealer became pastor
"I sold him a dream - money, gold watches. He had five kids, but on those words he moved."

Suspicious fire at Hawke's Bay school building
The fire started on a fence, but spread to a single-storey building at the school.

Review: Les Miserables a towering production
Director Lisa Jane Easter has taken this production to huge heights.

Council's plea to Hawke's Bay horticulturalists: Don't do burn-offs on marathon day
"Burning is not permitted if it is likely to drift towards built-up urban areas."

Men wanted over serious assault outside Taradale bar
Have you seen these men? Police are investigating a serious assault outside Sideline Bar.

Napier man takes command of a navy ship
A powhiri will be held for new HMNZS Canterbury commander at his old school in Napier.

Bay housing crisis: Prices soar in affordable suburbs
"If you could gravitate living standards with the rise of prices that would make my day."

Victim of crash that killed two near Hastings remembered as 'all-round top guy'
The crash killed two Hastings locals.

Brian the balancing seagull goes the extra mile for chips in Napier
"It wasn't a funny mating ritual — it was jealousy over the chips."

Talking point: Don't sell our pensioner flats
Should Napier's Henry Charles pensioner flats be sold to Social Housing Providers?

Rugby: Emerson praises intelligence after emphatic club day win
Texans benefit from controversial penalty try

Truck and trailer gutted in Hawke's Bay fire
A truck and trailer has caught on fire in the Napier suburb of Onwekawa today.

The Hawke's Bay Earthquake's Jane Doe: How did no one in a town of 16,000 recognise a woman's body?
Did she live in seclusion, or with a family. Was she actually a local?

The zero carbon bill: Hawke's Bay really needs it, council chair says
There were clear skies in China on Wednesday as Hawke's Bay choked on fire fumes.

Not a tourist, but he's been hit with $1800 in camping fines
"I really had no other choice."

Mission says Elton John's rescheduled show won't be a mission for punters
"People have to reschedule their stays but this far out they shouldn't have a problem."

Men found not guilty of raping woman in hotel room
Verdict given for men accused of raping woman in Napier hotel room.

Awards: Peter Williams to MC Hawke's Bay Sports Awards
Voting for People's Choice Award is underway

Local Focus: Exciting extensions to Napier-Hastings cyclepath coming
Cyclepaths extended but commuters have to wait. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Elton John adds third Auckland show
Some dates also moved owing to scheduling conflicts.

Not so Happy Feet: None of Napier's captive penguins are gay
Not even the infamous Naughty Timmy...

Jury out - verdict likely today for rape accused
Jury retire to consider verdict for men on rape charges.

Hollywood over Napier? Elton John's second Mission Concert rescheduled
Change in schedule could be because of next year's Oscars ceremony.

'As if it were yesterday': Poignant service marks Napier siege anniversary
Both officers who survived shooting are still in the force and were at the commemoration.

Napier hit-and-run leaves Archie the dog homeless, needing surgery
The SPCA is reaching out to members of the public who might be able to help Archie.