Local Focus: The best rail trip
Keirunga Park Railway in Havelock North is the busiest in the country. Made with funding from NZ On Air
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Magical music for annual Hastings festival
Troupe of musicians travel 20,000km just to play for Hawke's Bay audience.
Rovers wallop Karori; Havelock North lose
Napier City Rovers show they will be a force to be reckoned with in premier winter league.
Getting the message across in a crisis
Event crisis communications management is ''where the adrenalin flows'', Danny Gough says.
Colleagues save teacher who 'died' mid-lesson
Teacher sprints across school field with defibrillator wearing heels to save her colleague
HB Tourism joins call for more fruitpickers
Hawke's Bay Tourism is targeting backpackers to help fill a seasonal labour shortage.
Easter Highland Games live-streamed for first time
Technology has taken a Hawke's Bay Highland dancing and piping competition to the world.
Killed teen remembered through polo
Family of killed teen motorcyclist see first presentation of memorial trophy.
Fine and sunny for Easter in Hawke's Bay
Easter weather expected to be fine and sunny around Hawke's Bay.
Kerry Stone ready to call it a day
Karamu Holden owner Kerry Stone still remembers the one that got away.
Whakatu locals seek more water information
The Whakatu community wants more drinking water chlorination information.
Bay horticulture can get free recycling
Rural recycling programme Agrecovery comes to Hawke's Bay.
St John's win fitting farewell for McNatty
Crazy, hazy days of summer for the history-making St John's College First XI.
Weather: Tale of two halves before Easter
Lead-up to Easter weekend looking fine, but weather starts to turn from Thursday.
Hastings' $4.5m CBD revamp plans welcomed
Upgrades ''long overdue'' and ''a welcome addition'', business association says.
Havelock North water pipe installation making good progress
Good progress being made on pipe linking Havelock North to the Hastings water supply.
Half-way mark: Mayor Hazlehurst excited and proud
Hastings Mayor excited and proud in first year. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
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.
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.