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'Approaching perfection': Multiple chef's hat awards for Hawke's Bay restaurants
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Deputy mayor calls upcoming Māori ward referendum a 'farce'
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Hastings under the lens with photography exhibits
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Hastings designer selected for WOW finals for the 11th time
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Hawke’s Bay Netball Super Club final: HHSOG Huia win the big night out
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'A good laugh and a lot of fun': Retro motorbike racers reunite for special Hawke's Bay reunion
Plenty has changed since Robin Thomas and his companions tore up the tracks.
Racing: Crocetti's start in Tarzino Trophy weather-dependent
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The solo migrant mum hoping to win NZ a Mrs Universe title
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Memories shared by the prelim nursing class of 1974, 50 years on
13 nurses reunite for lunch 50 years on from nursing training in the 70s.
Member of public assaulted while confronting teens during armed dairy hold up
Police arrest three teens over the attack, one who was caught at another Auckland robbery.
Firefighter's warning after acid spill shuts down Hastings road for hours
A 5-litre container of muriatic acid fell off the back of a vehicle and on to the road.
Hawke's Bay ambulance workers 'tired, broken'
An HB contingent of about 20 ambulance staff will participate in the nationwide strike.
How the coastal environment of home influences artist, Pip Davies
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Kate Quinn's new book captures reader with murder in an all-female boarding house
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Napier designer now four-time WOW finalist
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Harvest Hawke’s Bay festival line-up confirmed
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Ultimate test of character awaits Napier City Rovers in National League hunt
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Government offers an extra $4.55m for cyclone recovery in Hawke's Bay
Money will provide expertise to speed up Wairoa, Pakowhai and Pōrangahau flood protection.
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Hawke's Bay schools bow out of national First XVs rugby early
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Kiwi sculptures to pop up along coastal cycleway
Artists are invited to design a kiwi to help the conservation of NZ's native bird.
From clearing cyclone-hit homes to rescue missions: Hastings Civic Honours winners
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Special Hastings screening of new movie
Bookworm stars Elijah Wood and was produced by Emma Slade of Hawke's Bay.