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Demand for properties may mean rise in rents
Trade Me's May property index showed the median price of a Hawke's Bay rental property was unchanged from a year ago, at $310 a week. But a property expert says that may change soon.

Girls rate in bank final
Budding bankers from Napier Girls' High School are through to the Monetary Policy Challenge national final.

Hastings leaves airport up in the air
A proposed name change for Hawke's Bay's airport remains up in the air after Hastings District Council yesterday failed to either support or oppose a move to rename it.

Wine master returns to judge
The oldest and largest regional wine awards in the country were launched last night at a lavish affair at EIT in Taradale.

Hundreds take step on to housing ladder
Housing New Zealand figures show 736 first-home buyers in Hawke's Bay were granted a total of $142,963,000 in loans since the Welcome Home Loan scheme launched in 2003.

Toops decision tomorrow
A decision on the proposed closure of Hawke's Bay's only Toops store will be made tomorrow, brand owner Foodstuffs says.

Vintner has taste for success
One of the bright lights of the American wine industry, Charles Banks, was not too bothered by the distant dark skies and low-teen temperatures of rural Hawke's Bay yesterday.

Farmers plead for common sense over health and safety
Across the working landscape there is a growing concern that workplace safety rules are becoming overly restrictive and have the potential to harm some businesses.

Toops poised to shut up shop
A proposal to close grocery and hospitality supplier Toops' only Hawke's Bay shop is set to create a storm of protest from customers.

Wattie's named most influential brand
Wattie's has been named the country's Most Influential Brand in the packaged-goods category, beating off heavyweights such as Sanitarium and Cadbury.

High hopes for Jetstar touchdown
Low-price flyer Jetstar could begin a domestic service in and out of Hawke's Bay Airport by early next year, in a move which could be decided by a public vote on social media.

Saudi farm deal: Lambs 'suffered high death rate'
Lambs born after the airfreighting of 900 pregnant ewes to a businessman’s Saudi farm suffered an extremely high death rate, it has been claimed.