Napier Port invests up to $25m on fleet of self-driving trucks

'If automation is going to come and take our jobs, that is a concern.'

Divers find ute that took a dip in Napier’s inner harbour

The Hilux floated for roughly 70m before sinking to the depths below off Meeanee Quay.

'Steady decline': Wattie's defends peach cutback, says Kiwis aren't buying as many

'Decisions that affect our growers and the future of NZ crops are never made lightly.'

Growers canned: Wattie’s tells long-standing growers their peaches are no longer needed

Wattie's appears to be reducing canned peaches from Hawke’s Bay, an industry leader said.

Iwi establishing its own health authority, considering purchase of medical clinics

'For too long, we have relied on the mainstream system to basically pick up the pieces.'

Hawke’s Bay’s new $23 million museum storage and research centre completed

The storage and research centre in Hastings will complement Napier's MTG museum.

Tale of two Alexanders: Well-known companies in liquidation, owing hundreds of thousands each

The two companies in liquidation share the name Alexander, but are otherwise unrelated.

Fourth Hawke’s Bay farm in five months sold to overseas buyers for forestry

'Marginal' land was chosen because 'we don’t want to pick the eyes out of the community'.

New cafe opens at Hawke’s Bay Airport as two others move on

Airspresso has opened at the airport as Bay Espresso and Sugar on Top say farewell.

Truckies cite massive cost of not strengthening fragile Hawke’s Bay bridge

NZTA says there no funding for the strengthening, but truckies say its a no-brainer.

'Apologetic and quite embarrassed': Police crash into Napier family's fence

‘Do we need to call the police, because they are already here?'

Housing strategy for Napier and Hastings finalised after more than two years

A future housing plan has been adopted after years of work, but not everyone is happy.

'At my wits' end': The despair of living next door to Napier's pigeon house

Council says it can’t take any action as the birds are 'nesting of their own volition'.

Expressway upgrade will need 600,000 tonnes of aggregate, but there's concerns it won't be local

'The feeling in our sector is that there is a lot of gravel build-up in the rivers.'

Napier restaurant once named NZ's best closes; owners reveal plan for new restaurant

Pacifica's head chef Jeremy Rameka says 'it is time to move on and start afresh'.

'Grateful to still be alive': Black Cap Blair Tickner and wife, Sarah, on cancer journey

'I'm grateful to still move my body, I'm grateful for my family, friends and community.'

A trip to an André Rieu concert, a tragic death, and a Kiwi woman's promise to return

'Everyone said Bill will be looking down at us, and I said ‘yes he would have’.'

Just over 40 jobs to go at EIT in restructure

Cuts necessary as Eastern Institute of Technology returns to independence, it says.

'Trusted faces': Push for Māori warden volunteers for future natural disasters

'We can walk into spaces where other people would just be looked at with suspicion.'

'Like a truck': Why Hawke’s Bay's geology made a 4.9 quake hit so hard

The region's sediment can amplify certain kinds of seismic waves, a scientist says.

Hawke’s Bay wool queen sells business to retire after almost 50 years

'I really believe that the young ones are going to come in and just be more innovative.'

'Wasn't a big fan of school': Meet the Napier teen running four businesses

Cole started out doing water blasting jobs after school. Now 18, he runs four businesses.

Rural Hawke's Bay sports club planning to build new clubrooms

Pōrangahau Sports Club's current base is 400m from its White Domain home ground.

Napier electorate expanded to take communities from Tukituki

Pākōwhai, Waiohiki, Fernhill, Ōmahu and rural areas such as Crownthorpe move to Napier.

NZ receives 1500 refugees each year but Hawke’s Bay doesn’t settle any. Why?

Hawke's Bay would need more services and support to start taking refugees, an expert says.

Hawke’s Bay has 1200 fewer jobs filled than a year ago: Stats NZ

'There is work to be done but there is no cash.'

Two people injured as car crashes down gully on Napier’s Bluff Hill

Two people have been taken to hospital after a car plunged down a bank near the lookout.

Fishing ban extended around Napier's new artificial reef, plan to sink trawler progressing

The fishing ban in a small area off Napier to boost lobster, cod and other species.

NCEA abolition makes things 'clearer' for students, murkier for teachers

Hawke's Bay principals share their thoughts on the overhaul of high school qualifications.

Some Hawke’s Bay shops may stop offering PayWave due to surcharge ban: Retail advocate

'Why would the business owner want to pay for that when they can’t on-charge?'

‘Huge for us’: Gold medals lift Napier distillery amid tough trading

'It does help the brand and helps reward our distillers.'

Police investigate suspicious Napier house fire

There were two fires in two rooms.