2011 Hawke's Bay Sportsperson of the Year in Taradale's Pettigrew-Green Arena.
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Hawkes Bay secondary schools Kapa Haka competition at the Hawkes Bay opera house in Hastings.
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Waimarama residents, suffering from the recent weather bomb that surgically altered the Hawke's Bay coast, were given a helping hand from a "Magpie Army" at the weekend.
But the volunteers' most valuable work was to lift the flood-ravaged community's spirits.
Images of the aftermath of the storm which battered and destroyed vast parts of the Hawke's Bay coast line in April 2011.
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The clean up in Hawke's Bay begins after the flooding and slips.
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Coastal Hawke's Bay was still coming to grips with widespread devastation following what has been described as the worst storm in living memory in the last week of April 2011.
Flooding in Central Hawke's Bay photographed on Thursday 28th April 2011.
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Heavy rain which hit Hawke's Bay on 26 and 27 of April has been described as one of the worst storms to hit the region in decades. On Thursday several communities remained cut off by slips and floods while over a hundred people still could not return to their homes due to flooding and threat of landslides.
Heavy rain over Hawke's Bay has caused flooding across the region with evacuations in the coastal communities of Te Awanga and Waimarama.
It was a sold-out show for the annual Pak'nSave Hastings Edible Fashion Awards at the Hawke's Bay Opera House on April 9 - and the celebrity judging panel were blown away.
Shayla Harding took out the overall Designer of the Year section with Tessa Paaymans coming runner-up.
Hastings City marketing manager Jane Janes said the audience "filled up the whole opera house" - no easy feat with more than 800 seats in the historic building.
PHOTOS BY HAWKES BAY TODAY STAFF
The Bulls downed the Hurricanes 26-14 at McLean Park in Napier on Saturday night. Paul Taylor took these photos at the match.
East Coast North Island Secondary Schools Athletics at the Hawkes Bay Regional Sports Park in Hastings.
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There were nerves, tears and some ecstatic grins at the Napier auditions for TV3's New Zealand's Next Top Model on Monday.
Overall, eleven Hawke's Bay girls from 35 were shortlisted. Those 11 had a recorded interview and quick photo shoot, which the show's executive team would then evaluate. Photos by Duncan Brown.
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A selection of images from the 2011 Horse of the year show, held at the Hawke's Bay show grounds, Hastings.
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Age and experience proved to be the winner as four athletes aged in their 40s headed home the Triple Peaks Challenge over the landmarks of Erin, Kahuranaki and Te Mata on Saturday.
Category 40-49yrs runners Ross McIntyre, Graeme Butcher, Phil McKay and Aaron O'Keefe were the only entrants to cut the 48km in under five hours, race favourite McIntyre triumphing in the highly-impressive time of 4h 9m 4s to record his first win in the event.
"I'm having the best night of my life," Lionel Richie yelled to a crowd of screaming fans at his Church Road concert on Saturday . He burst onto the stage, full of energy with an upbeat version of All Around the World to start, which had everyone from the front to the back of the venue on their feet. The 61-year-old kept the pace all night long, dancing and engaging with fans.
Photographer: Glenn Taylor
It's not easy to manage 2500 horses, 1700 of them stabled on the same grounds at the Hawke's Bay Show Grounds in Hastings. Stables, feed and waste management is carefully planned before the first box arrives at Horse of the Year in March.
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Hawke's Bay emergency services were kept on the run during the weekend as a string of crashes, several on damp or wet roads, were called in. The most serious crash was a two-car collision on Mill Rd early on Saturday morning, which left a 17-year-old male in critical condition. The teenager was one of three people rushed to Hawke's Bay Hospital with what police described as "multiple injuries." Police say it appears one of the vehicles has crossed the centre line.
Buildings collapsed like cardboard as the magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Hawke's Bay at 10:46am on 3 February 1931. At least 258 people died in New Zealand's worst natural disaster, with a population of just 60,000 in Hawke's Bay at the time.
Many of these images are hauntingly similar to those of the aftermath of the February 22 2011 earthquake in Christchurch eighty years later.
Compiled by Peter Fowler
At 12.51pm, a time which will take its place in New Zealand history alongside 10.46am - the time the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake struck - a silence came over Hawke's Bay. It was exactly seven days to the minute since the city of Christchurch, still reeling from aftershocks in the wake of last September's earthquake, was shattered by a shallow 6.3 shock which levelled buildings and tragically took scores of lives.
Breone Lay and Briar Hadfield were crowned and adorned with sashes bearing the respective titles Miss Teen Hawke's Bay and Miss Hawke's Bay after two weeks of intensive training. Breone, 19, representing Crown Hotel, won six categories including Miss Personality and Miss Beach Body. Briar, 15, Miss Property Brokers, said her initial nerves faded quickly on stage. PHOTOS BY PAUL TAYLOR.
Six days after the Christchurch earthquake the rescue and recovery operation continues as thousands leave the city. Most of these photos were taken on Sunday, six days after the 6.3 earthquake struck.
As searchers enter the fourth day of their rescue mission in Christchurch police say they could still pull people out alive from earthquake-ravaged buildings. The death toll from Tuesday's 6.3-magnitude quake was updated overnight on Friday from 98 to 103, while 228 remain unaccounted for. Police said they only recovered dead bodies overnight but Superintendent Russell Gibson said this morning that did not mean they would not find any more survivors.
A 6.3 earthquake which struck Christchurch at 12:51pm on the 22 February 2011 has changed the city forever.
About 3500 people flocked to the remote Sacred Hill Riflemans Vineyard from around the country to see a line-up of some of New Zealand's best artists on Saturday. GLENN TAYLOR took these pictures.
An estimated 40,000 people took part in the Geon Art Deco weekend in Hawke's Bay in 2011, with 15,000 visitors in the region for the event. Hawke's Bay Today photographers captured the 1930's fun.
Brooke Fraser may not have rocked it like the boys from Midnight Youth and Opshop, but the Winery Tour headliner stole the show at Black Barn on Saturday night in Havelock North. PHOTOS BY PAUL TAYLOR
While Mission Concertgoers walked away satisfied with the performance from Sting many felt stung by the drinks queues up to 50 metres long and waits of 45 minutes. The delays left many people frustrated and angry, but police were pleased with the overall behaviour of the crowd, noting a ``significant'' reduction in arrests.
80th Commemoration of the 1931 Hawke's Bay Earthquake, 2011
Pakistan claimed a nail-biting two-wicket victory over the NEw Zealand Black Caps in Napier on 1 Feb in the fourth One Day International. Hawke's Bay Today Photographer PAUL TAYLOR snapped these pics, and as you will see got a bit close to the action. Some interesting statistics: 100 runs: NZ in 26.3 overs, 106 minutes; Pakistan 22.4 overs, 97 min. 200 runs: NZ 42.4 overs, 182min; Pakistan 42.5, 189min. Extras: NZ 4 (1 wide); Pakistan 33 (19 wides, 2 no balls).
Problems caused by the wild wind were not enough to spoil the mood at the Hawke's Bay Wine and Food Festival on Saturday. Festival organiser Carol-Ann Stubbs said despite the torrential rain in the morning and high winds about noon, by the afternoon conditions were much better at Roy's Hill and about 2000 people settled in to enjoy the region's best food and wine.
Catherine Cater is something of a mini-celebrity in Hawke's Bay since winning the 2011 beach beauty pageant at the More FM Waimarama Beach Day. During the Hawke's Bay Today photo shoot Catherine captured plenty of attention around Hastings, as well as autograph requests from a pair of young fans. She models daywear from Beach Culture, Hastings. PHOTOS: GLENN TAYLOR
Hawke's Bay's fleet of riders, and their stomping ground - the Panpac Eskdale Mountain Bike Park - are attracting international ratings after round two of the Rabodirect National Mountain Bike Cup Series. Napier teen Brook Macdonald, 19, took out the Men's Elite section of Saturday's Downhill competition, beating Wanganui's Sam Blenkinsop by just two seconds.