Local Focus: Mayor Hazlehurst excited and challenged
Hastings Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst is relishing her first year in office. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
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Firms could falter if tourism funding cut
Local businesses fear funding cut will take away tourists that make them viable.
Community group funding applications open
The Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter was one of last year's successful applicants.
Local Focus: Pink moths to the rescue
A million sterile pink codling moths have been dropped over orchards this year. Made with funding from NZ On Air
Support clears the path for roundabout
Submitters overwhelmingly supportive of Nelson St/Eastbourne St roundabout.
Horse of Year hailed as another success
Thefts sour end of 2018 Land Rover Horse of the Year at Hastings showground.
Motocross: Watts on track for junior worlds
Hawke's Bay's Tommy Watts benefits from coaching from former world champ.
Man 'lucky to escape' after neighbours save him from fire
Residents of close-knit Hastings street help save man from house fire.
Rio Olympians clinch eventing favouritism
Clarke Johnstone and Balmoral Sensation live up to eventing script in Hastings
Local Focus: Standards are lifting Horse of the Year
Standardbreds are lifting their profile for a life after harness racing. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Hastings man escapes house fire
A Hastings man is lucky to be alive after his unit caught on fire early this morning.
Dehydration woes at Horse of the Year
At least 12 horses at a national equestrian event have become ill from dehydration.
Horse of the Year Extravaganza delights
The Tomoana Showgrounds was packed for an evening of equine entertainment yesterday.
Lees-Galloway on refugees, skill shortage
Immigration Minister says he is addressing the Hawke's Bay's seasonal worker shortage.
Hawke's Bay residents face 19 per cent rate rise
Rate rise needed as Bay "doesn't have any time to lose" over climate change.
Decisions still due on lower speed limits
Hastings council receives 800 submissions on road speed limits, hearings to be held in May
Chlorine protest at council water pop-up
Community members against chlorination at council information pop up at Clive
Industrial building boom hits Hastings
Heretaunga Plains the site of several multimillion-dollar developments.
EIT graduates to hit the street this week
EIT graduation ceremonies and parades to colour downtown Napier.
Community comes together after slaying
Hundreds paid their respects in Flaxmere to a man who was known by many.
House prices keep climbing in Hawke's Bay
House values up 16.5% over last year in Napier and 13.8% in Hastings, says QV.
Māori fume at jagged Te Mata Peak track
Another u-turn over the Te Mata Peak track. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Courier admits stealing parcels worth $22k
Woman tells police she stole courier items to buy drugs for her partner.
Inside the curious world of a New Zealand charter school
Parents say charter schools picked up children excluded from other schools.
Maori trust's wahi taonga hearings begin
Hearings judges reject Maori trust's request to adjourn proceedings.
Local Focus: Don't Blame Māori says kaumātua
Waimarama kaumātua says iwi upset over the Te Mata track was not the reason for the decision to remove it. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Maori trust to appeal Hastings District Council decisions
Hearing comes after uproar over the construction of a walking track on Te Mata Peak.
Softball: Coach abandons retirement plans
North Harbour deny Hawke's Bay women a fourth consecutive softball title.
Polo: Visitors' sportsmanship a hot topic
McDonald hopes the CD team will have more regular outings in the future.
Family seek help to find missing dogs
Owners seek help to find their two lost Labradors, missing since Friday.
'Tsunami hikoi' to practise emergency evacuation
Do you know where you would go in the event of a tsunami?