The regional council will hear oral submissions on the 2017-2018 Annual Plan today.

Police appeal for information on "unexplained death".

Rocket Lab has scrubbed a potential launch of the Electron rocket due to high winds.

Don't shoot the Hawke's Bay Regional Council for trying to care, writes Bruce Bisset.

Donated second-hand gear to lift young players on the eve of the winter sport season.

Lake Waikaremoana was a top summer stop-off this season. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Ingenious Kiwi venture fixes bicycles to a disused section of the Napier-Gisborne rail.

A plan to tar-seal State Highway 38 is underway. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Wairoa butcher Kiri Gilbert believes any time is the right time to uplift a community, and he's done just that - through song. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

After serving the Wairoa community for 28 years the Wairoa Budget Advisory Service now faces an uncertain future after the Ministry of Social Development pulled its funding. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Wairoa District Mayor Craig Little says 2017 is about getting back to basics to spruce up shop fronts, roads, and footpaths to improve the town's visual identity. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Wairoa District Mayor Craig Little says 2017 is about getting back to basics to spruce up shopfronts, roads, and footpaths to improve the town’s visual identity. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A man was attacked and his car stolen in the incident, police say.

Police would like to speak to anyone who saw a hitchhiker in the vicinity of the Gisborne Park Golf Club on Gladstone Road, Gisborne.

A record number of entrants were hanging on for dear life as horses kicked and bulls bucked at the Wairoa A&P Show rodeo. The rodeo

Emergency services were not called immediately after attack.

State Highway 2 between Gisborne and Wairoa will be closed at some point over the next two days to investigate at fatal bus crash.

There was a record downpour in Auckland, a tornado in Taranaki and "quake lights" above Wellington. Oh, and 2016 was likely also New Zealand's hottest year on record.

Temperatures in some parts of the country have climbed over 30 degrees before midday.

A reward of $5000 is being offered as part of a quest to find a painted mural that went missing from the Wairoa Centennial Library

Woman died after her car veered off the road in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Only five days into November, 10 people have already died on our roads, and police fear another 60 to 70 people could be killed before the end of the year.

It's just the third day of November yet eight people have already died on the country's roads.

The teaching community is mourning this week after four teachers from Hawke's Bay schools passed away within a week. The Wairoa College

Congestion north of Auckland and around Wellington has eased, NZ Transport Agency says.

The 67 meat workers set to lose their jobs from Silver Fern Farms' Frasertown plant will receive a quarter of the redundancy agreement

A petition to have one of Wairoa's main alternative roads sealed has attracted more than 240 signatures. Kiwi Road residents want it sealed to decrease dust nuisance, improve their health and overall lifestyle. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A petition to have one of Wairoa’s main alternative roads sealed has attracted more than 240 signatures. Kiwi Road is just one of several rural roads residents want sealed to decrease dust nuisance, improve their health and overall lifestyle. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The Napier-Wairoa rail line is set to reopen, with an agreement between KiwiRail and Napier Port being signed today.

Prices for petrol in some parts of Hawke's Bay yesterday dropped to the lowest prices in the region in more than a decade.