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Opinion: Leave Prince Louis alone - he's just a four-year-old
Opinion: Being a member of the royal family is like living in a fish bowl.

How do you banish the winter ills and chills?
Let a masky raspys out and you may as well have brought rotten fishheads in.

'I'll never forget being told what a knighthood was worth'
Never mind Joe and Jane Blow in Flaxmere or Wairoa or wherever ...

Three Waters - why you should care, by your mayor
Three Waters: 'Where we differ from the Government, is on the how'.

Collaboration is the best way forward, not amalgamation
Generations of ratepayers have paid local councils to install the pipe network.

Fulfords churn out bricks and pottery
John Fulford opened a shop on the property in 1888

Prime Minister promotes trade and tourism on US trip
This trip follows a successful Budget last week

Chimes still ringing out after 112 years
A competition was held to design the clock tower

Comment: Keep a realistic grasp on your finances amid headwinds
Consumer inflation is meant to be within the 1 to 3 per cent range

Strike out for matches
If exhibit A is anything to go by, they have now also cheapened the packaging.

Sea monkeys not quite what we thought
I'd argue you could teach the cheese to sit still better than a sea monkey.

Times are tough, so try tag shopping
Get together with a group of friends, suss out the best deals

Comment: All Kiwis should have say in nation's name
Let's be big girls and boys and have an adult chat and an adult vote

At last we have climate change plan
What does the Emissions Reduction Plan or ERP mean for Hawke's Bay?

Budget misses the mood of the room
Has the big budget spend made anyone significantly better off?

Halstead a pioneer of modern transportation
From the 1930s, to protect the railways, there were restrictions on road transport

Postpone your midlife crises - you can't afford it
Even the cost of the best medicine, laughter, has risen.

Positive vibe in Hastings CBD
Council and the Business Association have unveiled plans to revitalise the CBD

Drones used as peeping Toms
There is no way the drone flying over our place was visible to its pilot at all times.

My scarf dream ends in tears
In this dream, strangers would stop and ask me where did I get such a beautiful creation

Comment: CBD safety trumps free parking
I applaud her for giving voice to something people think, but are unwilling to say

It's easy to distort historical and political truths
Millions of Americans believe Trump when he says the Presidential Election was 'stolen',

Exhibition includes moving image work
The camera takes us over these land areas, as if we are scanning like the kāhu or hawk.

Comment: Economic security is the focus of Budget week
As we head into Budget week I also pay close attention to the regional numbers

A recollection of the war through a child's eyes
The Air Raid Wardens roamed the streets at night to check the security of the blackout

Comment: Staying the course amid volatility
What matters for investors is whether they are on track to meet long-term goals