Hastings Mayor Lawrence Yule says his council is committed to restoring the earthquake-prone Hawke's Bay Opera House.

Finance Minister Bill English has delivered an election-year Budget that delivers a bigger than forecast surplus and free doctors' visits for 400,000 more children.

When politicians come out with a new policy, it can be easy to be drawn in by the headline and not look too closely at the detail.

There's no doubt about it: Everyone needs help in business, writes Jeremy Tauri.

Hawke's Bay homeowners are being warned to brace for further interest rate hikes and prepare for bigger monthly repayments on their mortgages.

Do your staff use social media while at work?

"You can be fined $20,000 for not having an employment agreement," a labour inspector from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) told me recently.

A former Hawke's Bay company director and his partner - labelled "commercial hazards" - stole in excess of $100,000 from their business.

After three years of putting its support into the annual Tremains Art Deco Weekend, Air New Zealand has bumped things up into a higher class.

We're hearing a lot about the strength of the economy and the boom that economists assure us lies ahead.

Hawke's Bay's Ruataniwha and Heretaunga Plains aquifer sites have been scrubbed from the Government's oil and gas exploration programme.