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Thomas Airey
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"My measure of success is watching a man have nothing, and then have everything he can."
WorkSafe looking into concerns over compliance of non-Napier Port employees on-site.
Award-winning sausage maker moving into Onekawa premises of parent company Bay Cusine.
EIT graduation, athletics nationals, Crowded House and international cricket are all on.
Legal responsibility the sticking point for point-of-use treatment.
Pauline Doyle of the Guardians of the Aquifer group says estimated cost has been inflated.
Petition attracts 1000 signatures, but firefighter says barriers are better than nothing.
94-year-old Boyd Klap has brought his passion project to Hawke's Bay for the first time.
Phil and Kylie Jameson are missing their first America's Cup since 1992.
Head performance analyst Stephen VanderPeet is looking to take an intern or two on board.
The fall to obscurity has been significant. What would it take for SST to rise again?
'Rivers in the sky' didn't trigger Napier flood, but did help cause heavy rainfall.
If Jacinda Ardern can't solve Hawke's Bay's labour shortage, perhaps students can.
"I'd say to them, take your time, just watch me do half a dozen, have a go."
"There's so much skin cancer here, it's quite frightening actually."
Returnee says she was called "irresponsible", and told to get another Covid test.
Jackson Clince has battled through surgery after surgery to get to his first full Ironman.
The basketball star says playing multiple sports as a teenager helped his career.
The Heretaunga St site has been a Hastings hospitality mainstay for almost 150 years.
It's not the Brad Pitt look he wanted, but Magpie hopes his surgery will help on-field.
Combined Kiwibank/Post Shop could be the only in-person banking left in Wairoa by winter.
Beneficiaries given greater incentive to work - will it sooth seasonal worker shortage?
Boosting the region's food and wine rep is hoped to bring visitors for longer periods.
Over 150 RSE workers from Samoa will start picking apples in Hawke's Bay this week.
Father says he hopes incident won't be used to prevent people enjoying speedway in future.
Don't expect any relieving rain for Hawke's Bay's dry conditions any time soon.
Service to the industry, innovation and graduating horticulture students celebrated.
The pair from a Year 11-13 team have been stood down from all cricket until the hearing.
The complaint alleges racial, homophobic and sexist slurs were made.
Zarn Sullivan is a Super Rugby player just five years after leaving Napier for Auckland.
From an annual visit to the A & P Show, to a gig at the same venue in front of 20,000.
Hawke's Bay fans were thrilled by the massive concert on Saturday night in Hastings.
Year 11-13 cricket match between Napier Tech and Auckland Blue XI called off.
Hastings' mayor has a goal to get 'all whanau out of motels and in their own homes'.
The average asking price in the district is now $545,967.
Builders say difficulties in finding labour and supplies are delaying much-needed homes.
Larisa Kellett was a communications hub for the environmentalist while he was in hospital.
Farming leader laments "more than our fair share" of fatal rural accidents.
Donald Alexander of Onekawa has no plans to retire from joinery anytime soon either.
Blue Moon by Lee Child was the most borrowed library book in Hawke's Bay in 2020.
A record field is coming to town for the New Zealand Stockcar Championship this weekend.
"In a heated market, desperate buyers will resort to desperate measures."
Owner John Burt was diagnosed with stage three cancer in October 2020.
Arohanui Lawrence still spends five hours a morning gardening.
More police to patrol Hawke's Bay after last year's disturbance at Waimarama.
New home for Hastings' Methodists hoped to be built by the end of next year.
If you took a new-model car out at the height of flood, it could be a ticking time bomb.
Rex Graham says Ngāi Tahu claim makes sense given historical freshwater failings.
Tim Southee says players "kinda almost expect" delays at McLean Park
Napier Port says it would mull a "number of factors" when cruises are allowed back.
Cody Milne was named the national Taekwon-Do Senior Sportsperson of the Year.