Latest from Napier

Fine and sunny for Easter in Hawke's Bay

Easter weather expected to be fine and sunny around Hawke's Bay.

The taxman cometh to Napier

IRD find new Napier home.

St John's win fitting farewell for McNatty

Crazy, hazy days of summer for the history-making St John's College First XI.

Fewer beggars in Napier CBD

Community initiatives are being hailed as making a difference.

Weather: Tale of two halves before Easter

Lead-up to Easter weekend looking fine, but weather starts to turn from Thursday.

Firms could falter if tourism funding cut

Local businesses fear funding cut will take away tourists that make them viable.

Pond alert downgraded month after closure

Contaminants include bird droppings, human excrement and stormwater discharges.

Pandora Pond open but 'caution advised'

Pandora Pond warning has now been downgraded to 'caution advised'.

Navy lines up for Anzac visit to the Bay

Navy's biggest ship scheduled to head for Napier for Anzac Day.

New Bay DJ 'can't wait' for breakfast show

Radio DJ Megan Banks will be presenting the breakfast show with Adam Green.

Road closure prompts student safety fears

Cemetery road closure prompts fears about safety for vulnerable students.

Another sewage spill into Ahuriri waterway

Enforcement action is pending over a sewage spill into the harbour.

Olympics boxer Paddy Donovan dies

The boxer who won five national titles and two Empire Games medals has died.

Doug Laing: Timing your big event

Once our big events filled gaps on the calendar. Now they compete against each other.

Hawke's Bay economy gets four-star rating

With the region's ''main industries firing'', the good times are expected to continue.

EIT graduates to hit the street this week

EIT graduation ceremonies and parades to colour downtown Napier.

Two bodies found in car at Hawke's Bay hot pools

Mystery over discovery of bodies near remote forest campsite.

John Scott original house in Greenmeadows sold

Local couple new custodians of special house.