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Napier mayor: Health NZ needs to be upfront about 'concerning' changes in city

OPINION: Above all else, access to medical care is crucial.

Eskdale Park, gifted a century ago, is reborn after 100,000 cubic metres of silt removed

The seeds of a new future for Eskdale and its flood-ravaged valley are emerging.

Ocean Swim back for a milestone 20th year, locals needed to join the fun

Swim races range from 200m to 2.5km, welcoming all ages and abilities.

Fatal fight between friends broke out over ‘messages to girlfriend’

Nathan Moscrip, 29, is on trial for the manslaughter of his friend Brodie Ruatara.

'Environmental and cultural crisis': Legal fight looms over Wairoa's freshwater

'The degradation of these waterways is both an environmental and cultural crisis.'

'Warmest it's been in a while': Hastings to hit 31C as run of hot days begins

It is unusual that Napier and Hastings have only had one day above 30C this year.

Man dies after assault near Hastings park, homicide investigation launched

Police were patrolling a part of Kirkpatrick Park in Camberley after the incident.

Seeing Sheila more clearly with wheelie bins banished from Napier’s main street

Bins being left on the street outside of collection hours were not a 'good look'.

Life in an isolated valley after a flood: 'The damage took my mind off being hungry'

George waited days in his car for someone to arrive: 'They didn’t even know we were here.'

'Neither of us would be here': Crash survivor's message after 22 unrestrained drivers die in five years

Before the T-bone crash, Klaudia's life flashed before her. Luckily, she had belted up.

'I made her look like that:' Man who beat woman for a month boasts about her injuries

Ford Tutaki beat and tortured the woman for a month before help arrived.

Watch: One of NZ’s oldest passenger planes stars at Art Deco Festival

One of NZ's first passenger planes is flying above Napier - and it could be yours.

Walkout at meeting over Wairoa flood spillway

The meeting in Wairoa confirmed Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s support for the spillway.

Art Deco Festival: Flyover in one of NZ's oldest passenger planes

Flyover of Napier in one of NZ's oldest passenger planes, a de Havilland DH-84 Dragon, to celebrate Art Deco Festival. Video / Gary Hamilton-Irvine

Cabinet funds Napier-Wairoa highway realignment, Bailey Bridge to remain at least four more years

The cyclone sped up the need for a project in the melting pot for at least 20 years.

Three youths arrested after Havelock North store robbed and shopkeeper assaulted

Police have arrested and charged three youths with aggravated robbery.

The pies have it - or do they? Wyn Drabble

OPINION: 'My first bite saw gravy-lava issuing from a breach in the pastry shell.'

One conviction so far after claims of 'network of corruption' of gaming funds

Eight people were alleged to be linked in a network of gaming proceeds corruption.