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Hawke's Bay Hospital's 19-year-old MRI scanner in for much-needed upgrade
Hawke’s Bay Hospital’s MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanner will have an upgrade this month and a new $1.5 million machine is set to be up and r...
Watch: Mobility scooter riders take the training wheels off
The batteries were charged, tyres pumped, flags fluttering and it was time to hit the road last week when residents at Summerset in the Vines in Havelock North...
Covid-19: 172 community cases
There are 172 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said the new community cases are in Northland,...
Hawke's Bay Lotto player $333,000 richer after winning with first division
A Hawke's Bay Lotto player is $333,333 richer after winning with Lotto First Division. Another player from Southlandalso won $333,333. While a Powerball...
EIT wine student honours father with scholarship in his name
A new scholarship for students studying for EIT’s Graduate Diploma of Oenology (Wine Science) has been established by a current student who wants to honou...
Groundbreaking ceremony held for War Memorial
The fences are going up, the garden is coming out and the floral clock is on the move. Behind the newly erected barricade, early work is underway on the restora...
Watch Live: Update on Covid-19 community cases
There are 146 new community Covid-19 cases - 124 in Auckland, 14 in Waikato, four in the Bay of Plenty and one in the Nelson-Tasman region.
Learning valuable outdoor adventure skills and having fun while they do it
EIT students Louis Grut and Henry Williams Peters are undergoing an intensive induction in outdoor adventure - skills that will prove valuable if they enter the...
Ideas sought for new Westshore Playground upgrade
Westshore Beach Reserve playground is in for an upgrade, and Napier City Council is asking residents what they would like to see there in the future. Jas...
Work starts to enable 150 new houses to be built in Flaxmere
An event held at the Flaxmere Town Centre today officially marked the start of the infrastructure build for three new housing developments that will provide abo...
St. John’s College student builds World War II ship
A lego ship made with close to 30,000 pieces and measuring 1.8 metres in length won a St. John’s College student a commendation award at this year’s...
Hawke's Bay Regional Council postpones coastal bird community workshops
The Hawke's Bay Regional Council has postponed its upcoming coastal bird community workshops due to Covid-19. The workshops were due to be held this week on Th...
New bores to supply 25 per cent of Napier’s drinking water
Two new bores are being prepared to supply 25 per cent of Napier’s drinking water. The new bores – known as A3 and T8 – are at different stag...
Watch Live: Announcement on Government's traffic light system
The Wairoa District will shift into "red" when the country moves into the new traffic light system on Friday, while the rest of Hawke's Bay will shift into "o...
Covid-19: 182 new Covid-19 community cases
There are 182 new community cases of Covid-19 in the country today - 167 in Auckland, 10 in Waikato and five in Northland. The Ministry of Health release...
Napier man found more than 24 hours after first going missing
A Napier man at the centre of a large search has been found more than 24 hours after first going missing. Hallam (also known as Josh) Kupa had not been seen si...
Motorist may have information "critical" to the search for missing Napier man
Napier police are appealing for a motorist who may have information critical to the search of a missing 26-year-old Napier man. Hallam (also known as Jos...
Have you seen Josh? Concern for missing Napier man's safety and wellbeing
Police and the family of a 26-year-old man missing from Napier have concerns for his safety and wellbeing and are calling on the wider public to help locate him...
