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Vehicles, beaches and children don't mix
Holdens and Valiants of the day were not built for beach driving.

Let those raindrops keep falling
Places like Chile and Paraguay pretty much have no water

Community voice crucial in representation proposal
Representation reviews are governed under the Local Electoral Act 2001

All Blacks show their skills in the haka: but those boots have to go!
Today it's a different story. The hakas are stirring stuff indeed

Chris Hyde: It's time to give Waka Kotahi some credit
EDITORIAL: If there's one thing Hawke's Bay drivers hate being told, it's to drive safely.

Roll up your sleeve for Hawke's Bay
Let's be a community that supports employment and our economy.

Linda Hall: Tell children the truth about our environment
Our young people want to know about climate change

Take the time to listen - it could help someone
It takes an element of bravery to say, "I'm not okay to deal with this alone"

Refreshing comment from young Hawke's Bay politician
Good ideas can disappear fast when the local bureaucracy wheels churn slowly.

Removing wasteful duplication of buses would help transport problems
Some routes are torturous slowing travel in the hope of picking up extra passengers

Selling Unison? A big fat zero chance
Consumer-owned lines companies being sold is as likely as Judith Collins becoming PM

The macabre story of museum's stomach pump
The components of the pump include a large syringe and three ivory nozzles

Youth council leader unimpressed with his elders
More younger people needed on council

Mike Williams: Awful week for the National Party
Collins was caught on camera in a Queenstown shop without a mask

Predatory share sharks circling Hawke's Bay's community power assets
By anyone's analysis Hawke's Bay power consumers are getting a healthy return

Generous community helps out church
Burnett is excited to preserve the heritage of the historically significant Church

How to stop fighting about money
Tips for making finance less of a stressor in your relationship:

We need to have a transport conversation
We want to do a review of our passenger transport system this year.

The 90% Project: We've moved on from cough syrup
Those who are anti-vaccination are entitled to their opinion. As we are ours.

Talking Point: Not all councils in same 'sorry' water situation
Anonymous bureaucrats within a super-sized regional entity are unlikely to have a clue

'You hear them before you see them': Boy racers out in force during lockdown
My Mum's Morris 1000 top speed was 80mph. I never went that fast - the shaking put me off.

Hey councils, how about a kickback for ratepayers
Hawke's Bay would do well out of a scheme such as this.

Risks of investing in individual stocks and countries
Broad global diversification creates a portfolio that spreads its risk to more economies..

Vaccine is best tool we have in fight against Covid
New Zealanders are more informed about vaccines than we're seeing abroad.

The many names of Takitimu waka
After 300 odd years came the migration, Taki Tumu became Takitimu

Club fought hard for Sound Shell
Three cement companies had donated between them 12,000 kilograms of cement