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Nicki Harper
Reporter
Hastings

Nicki Harper is a reporter for Hawke's Bay Today

We are your advocate, Aotearoa. Uncovering stories that matter, asking hard-hitting questions of those in power, live-blogging sport events, monitoring the highs and lows of the NZX and providing Premium expert opinion and analysis. Bringing you distinctive, quality journalism and breaking news from across New Zealand and around the world. With specialists working together to create indepth reads, engaging video, and unmissable podcasts.

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Hawke's Bay DHB plunged into $6m deficit
New Zealand

Hawke's Bay DHB plunged into $6m deficit

24 Jul 05:30 AM
Home affordability  improving in region
Business

Home affordability improving in region

11 Jul 06:00 PM

From March to June this year, house-price growth fell by 7 per cent in this region.

Former drug and alcohol addict's road to redemption
Lifestyle

Former drug and alcohol addict's road to redemption

06 Jul 06:06 PM

Recovering addict Ray Knight is planning to walk the country to help others.

Child sick after pond contaminated by birds and cow faeces
New Zealand

Child sick after pond contaminated by birds and cow faeces

05 Jul 06:07 PM

Testing of water at Pandora Pond likely to be more frequent this coming summer.

MS sufferer concerned about medicine mix-up
New Zealand

MS sufferer concerned about medicine mix-up

04 Jul 06:47 PM

Hastings woman says wrong instructions on medicine bottle could have been fatal.

Legal action lodged over Te Mata Peak track
New Zealand

Legal action lodged over Te Mata Peak track

04 Jul 06:04 PM

Environmental Defence Society challenges council decision and seeks order to remove track.

HB Regional Prison volunteers earn national awards
Crime

HB Regional Prison volunteers earn national awards

18 Jun 06:00 PM

Volunteer-run yoga classes one of the most popular among prison inmates.

Calls for public re-notification of WCO application
Environment

Calls for public re-notification of WCO application

14 Jun 06:36 PM

Special tribunal considers re-notification of WCO application, given new science findings.

Iwi, winery sign new track deal - but not everyone's happy
New Zealand

Iwi, winery sign new track deal - but not everyone's happy

31 May 06:41 PM

Ngāti Kahungunu and Craggy Range yesterday agreed to explore an alternative track.

Watch Video: Agreement signed on Te Mata peak track
New Zealand

Watch Video: Agreement signed on Te Mata peak track

30 May 10:49 PM

Ngati Kahungunu Iwi and Craggy Range have purchased extra land to build a new track.

Te Mata track row: Craggy Range insists it took 'principled approach'
New Zealand

Te Mata track row: Craggy Range insists it took 'principled approach'

15 May 05:40 PM

A marketing expert says Craggy Range needs to take the lead on solving track issue.

Locals build landing pad for rescue chopper
New Zealand

Locals build landing pad for rescue chopper

14 May 04:55 AM

Porangahau locals armed with shovels have built a new rescue helicopter landing pad.

Garth McVicar's police shooting praise results in tax office scrutiny
New Zealand|politics

Garth McVicar's police shooting praise results in tax office scrutiny

10 May 05:00 PM

A document has raised questions over the tax structure of the Sensible Sentencing Trust.

Iwi speaks out over Te Mata track proposals
New Zealand

Iwi speaks out over Te Mata track proposals

08 May 08:32 AM

Iwi unhappy Craggy Range has backtracked on a pledge to remove the Te Mata walkway.

Controversial Te Mata track to stay?
New Zealand

Controversial Te Mata track to stay?

07 May 06:42 PM

Craggy Range denies Environmental Defence Society claims it is misleading the public.

Council considers drug testing all staff
Business

Council considers drug testing all staff

02 May 06:43 PM

All staff, not only those working in dangerous roles, will be subject to random drug tests

Kiwi family struggles to pay for son's healthcare in Australia
New Zealand

Kiwi family struggles to pay for son's healthcare in Australia

24 Apr 06:41 AM

Fred Ramsay, 1, may never walk or talk because of his rare genetic condition.

McVicar stands by comments on police shooting
New Zealand

McVicar stands by comments on police shooting

03 Apr 09:00 PM

Garth McVicar says charitable trust set up under Sensible Sentencing banner is legitimate.

Mum struggles without student allowance
New Zealand

Mum struggles without student allowance

29 Mar 09:30 PM

Mature students getting a raw deal with student allowance restrictions, says Hastings mum.

The Kiwi company betting big on hemp
Business

The Kiwi company betting big on hemp

16 Mar 09:00 PM

Bay hemp seed growers poised to diversify product range with recent law change.

Opposition to 'battery farm' rest home
New Zealand

Opposition to 'battery farm' rest home

15 Mar 07:00 PM

Residents say facility would impinge on their privacy and sun, and create more traffic.

Green co-leader hopefuls pitch to party
New Zealand|politics

Green co-leader hopefuls pitch to party

04 Mar 08:00 PM

Greens gathered at national conference at Pukemokimoki Marae, Napier, over the weekend.

Heat is on hospital with no air conditioning
New Zealand

Heat is on hospital with no air conditioning

26 Feb 08:30 PM

Hawke's Bay hospital staff and patients feel the heat with no air conditioning.

Crash triggers call for lower speed limit
New Zealand

Crash triggers call for lower speed limit

21 Feb 04:00 PM

More than 300 people are at Hohepa Homes each day, creating many possible traffic hazards.

District plan options tabled in response to Te Mata track fallout
Kahu

District plan options tabled in response to Te Mata track fallout

07 Feb 12:21 AM

Council to consider changes to district plan to recognise cultural importance Te Mata Peak

Chlorine exposing leaks in pipes
New Zealand

Chlorine exposing leaks in pipes

31 Jan 07:24 PM

Hot water cylinder and water pipe leaks exposed by chlorine in the system.

Whooping cough on the rise in Hawke's Bay
New Zealand

Whooping cough on the rise in Hawke's Bay

25 Jan 09:21 PM

There were 101 cases of whooping cough in Hawke's Bay in 2017, compared to 16 in 2016.

Senior health manager resigns
New Zealand

Senior health manager resigns

25 Jan 09:21 PM

DHB senior manager Tracee Te Huia says she will co-operate with the ongoing investigation.

Hold your horses, town residents warned
New Zealand

Hold your horses, town residents warned

22 Jan 09:00 PM

Reports of horses being ridden at full gallop around Wairoa township prompts stern warning

Free mobile dental clinic swamped
New Zealand

Free mobile dental clinic swamped

17 Jan 09:30 PM

Scheme with local iwi to deliver free dental care in Wairoa may be extended.

Reversing urban biodiversity loss an increasing focus
Environment

Reversing urban biodiversity loss an increasing focus

05 Jan 08:00 PM

Hastings and Napier have some of the lowest urban biodiversity rates in the country.

Fourth death linked to water crisis
New Zealand

Fourth death linked to water crisis

07 Dec 05:27 PM

Hawke's Bay DHB says that on review, another death was probably linked to gastro outbreak.

Eyes on becoming nation's hemp tech hub
Business

Eyes on becoming nation's hemp tech hub

03 Dec 07:00 PM

Hemp producer and manufacturer Kanapu Hemp Foods Ltd is going from strength to strength.

Fined driver: I'm not freedom camping
New Zealand

Fined driver: I'm not freedom camping

30 Nov 09:00 PM

A man facing fines maintains he wasn't breaking freedom camping laws at Westshore Reserve.

Memories of Erebus remain raw
New Zealand

Memories of Erebus remain raw

27 Nov 07:00 PM

Alan Dorday was working as a navigator the night of Erebus - his wife shares his story.

More people buying first home, but market still tough
Property

More people buying first home, but market still tough

07 Nov 05:30 PM

Growth in first-home buyers looking for property in the Bay, but high prices are daunting.

Hundreds help make boy's dreams come true
Lifestyle

Hundreds help make boy's dreams come true

29 Oct 06:00 PM

Eight-year-old with cancer has run out of treatment options, but wishes can come true.

Havelock North gastro bill reaches $21 million
New Zealand

Havelock North gastro bill reaches $21 million

28 Sep 04:00 PM

Highest costs of gastro outbreak related to household disruption.

Mumps isolation only for Waipukurau School
Education

Mumps isolation only for Waipukurau School

13 Sep 04:00 PM

Country is in the grip of a major mumps outbreak, with 57 cases notified in the last week.

Battleground: Close race in Tukituki
New Zealand

Battleground: Close race in Tukituki

07 Sep 05:00 PM

Could Labour stage an upset in the Hawke's Bay electorate of Tukituki?

New Hastings site for kura confirmed
Education

New Hastings site for kura confirmed

16 Aug 06:00 PM

Government to spend $12 million on new kura location and premises in Hastings.

NZ drinking water record   'troubling'
New Zealand

NZ drinking water record 'troubling'

10 Aug 08:00 PM

Water inquiry panel asks Health Ministry to act quickly to make drinking water safer.

Yule's last day as Local Govt NZ president
New Zealand|politics

Yule's last day as Local Govt NZ president

24 Jul 06:00 PM

Hastings mayor receives excellence award upon standing down as LGNZ president.

Hopes for settled weather for lambing season
New Zealand

Hopes for settled weather for lambing season

23 Jul 08:00 PM

Farmers don't want a repeat of past seasons' winter blasts striking during lambing.

State land sits idle amid housing crisis
Politics

State land sits idle amid housing crisis

19 Jul 07:00 PM

Tukituki Labour candidate Anna Lorck says Housing NZ has not lived up to its promises.

Candidates face large Grey Power crowd
Politics

Candidates face large Grey Power crowd

18 Jul 08:00 PM

Candidates quizzed about housing, retirement age, water bottling and more.

GPs highlight workload pressures
New Zealand

GPs highlight workload pressures

18 Jul 06:00 PM

GPs say the Government is pushing too hard, and it's threatening to break them.

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