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Year 11 student continues Karamū High School’s success in Scholarship History

Karamū High School student Nina Paljk has been awarded Scholarship in History as a Year 11. Her result is just the latest in a successful run by Karamū High Sc...

Training exercise in Hastings - please steer clear

Police are asking people to keep clear of the old Westpac building on Heretaunga Street West, Hastings today. Police said in a statement that a joint training...

Video: Napier City Council proposes setting up a trade organisation to manage city assets

The Napier City Council is proposing setting up a Council Controlled Trade Organisation (CCTO) to manage the city’s assets in a bid to find ways of reduci...

Proposal to spend $5.5 billion on region's transport in next decade to rebuild from Cyclone Gabrielle

A draft Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP) proposes investing more than $5.5 billion over the next ten years in the region's transport to rebuild from Cyclone...

Police seize money, assets and a firearm

Assets including houses, vehicles, and cash, along with a firearm have been seized as part of a larger National Organised Crime Operation dubbed Operation Yello...

State Highway 2 at Poukawa blocked following two-truck crash

Emergency services are responding to a two-vehicle crash that has blocked State Highway 2 at Poukawa. A police spokesperson said they were alerted to the...

Stretch of SH2 north of Napier closing overnight for recovery works

A stretch of State Highway 2 between Whirinaki and Tutira will be closed for two nights next month for recovery work at 3 different sites. The road, between Pa...

Video: Hastings Council gears up to decide on Long Term Plan, big rates rise expected

Council spending is coming under the microscope as the Hastings District Council as the district’s long-term Plan (LTP) is prepared. The plan sets the in...

Hastings Youth Council 2024 appointed

Seventeen young people have been selected to represent Hastings’ younger residents on this year’s Hastings Youth Council, six of them returning from...

Video: Want to fly directly to another regional centre? This is what Air New Zealand says needs to happen!

Air New Zealand has laid out what is needed for it to have regular flights directly from Napier to other regional centres without having to go through Auckland...

Video: Historic proposed rates increase is a result of underinvestment in city's infrastructure, Napier Mayor admits

The Mayor of Napier has admitted that years of underinvestment in the city’s infrastructure has resulted in ratepayers now being faced with a historic pro...

Te Wairama Munro appointed as Regional Council Te Pou Whakarae

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has appointed Te Wairama Munro as the Te Pou Whakarae - Group Manager, Māori Partnerships to support staff and councillors in...

Video: Cyclone Gabrielle community advocate says WINZ has claimed she has been selling food online

A Hawke's Bay community advocate who cooked hundreds of meals a day in the months after Cyclone Gabrielle says Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ) has alleged th...

Two vehicles impounded after anti-social driving in Puketapu, Hastings

Hawke's Bay Police have impounded two vehicles after reports of anti-social driving behaviours across Puketapu, Hastings. On Friday, March 1, Police received m...

Video: Napier City Council proposes 23.7 per cent rates increase

Napier ratepayers are facing a proposed rates increase of 23.7 per cent – the highest ever in the Council’s history. At a Council meeting today, th...

Fire and Emergency seeking community voices for Hawke’s Bay Local Advisory Committee

Fire and Emergency is looking for new members for its Hawke’s Bay Local Advisory Committee (LACs). Fire and Emergency currently works with seven LACs aro...

Video: Stuart and Sarah Nash's big plans for Napier heritage building

Standing outside the old Napier courthouse on Marine Parade, Stuart and Sarah Nash have no doubt the daunting task that awaits them to turn the old building int...

Video: Puketapu set to get new bridge by next year

Having lost its bridge in Cyclone Gabrielle, the settlement of Puketapu is set to get a new permanent bridge by late next year. The original bridge at Puketapu...

Construction of new research and archives building begins

The construction of a new research and archives building, MTG Hawke’s Bay’s off-site storage facility, is now well underway. The floor will be lai...

Life-saving defibrillators being installed at community hubs

A post-Cyclone Gabrielle project to establish community emergency hubs in rural areas is progressing well, with the latest initiative the rollout of defibrillat...