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Kiwibank plans to close seven branches
Kiwibank made the announcement while releasing an improved half year result.

Wind farm will create 260 jobs, but iwi's concerns remain
Hawke's Bay will soon be home to the country's second-largest wind farm.

Breakers Restaurant building up for sale
The Heretaunga St site has been a Hastings hospitality mainstay for almost 150 years.

Huge demand for coastal Hawke's Bay property
New alternatives for those who can't buy into the Waimarama beach market on CHB coast.

Local Focus: Export plan for Bay cherries
Hawke's Bay cherries may be heading overseas. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Business Hawke's Bay folds
Walker says end of economic development agency starts next step of region's "evolution".

Investors buy record share of homes as first-home buyers squeezed
The biggest housing boom in two decades is taking its toll on first-home buyers: analysts.

Banks closing up shop in isolated district
Combined Kiwibank/Post Shop could be the only in-person banking left in Wairoa by winter.

Hundreds in Hawke's Bay jump off benefits and into fruit picking
The rush for work among the Bay's unemployed has "exceeded government targets".

Early grape harvest for Elephant Hill
Hawke's Bay's grape harvest has steadily shifted forward over the past 10 years.

Obituary: The billionaire who started on the killing line at a Hawke's Bay freezing works
"2000 of us were employed as a result of that man; he clothed us and fed us."

$300 a day for fruit picking? Potential goldmine for Kiwi workers
Picking contractors are offering big prices to lure in orchard workers this season.

Homes to be built on long-vacant hilltop school site
The old Hukarere Girls College site has been vacant for almost two decades.

One thing is certain - nothing is free
Not paying money to trade may feel good, but nothing is free

63pc jump - Where NZ house prices grew the fastest in 2020
The median house price in the Wairoa District rose 63.5 per cent and over $100K in 2020.

Silver Fern Farms pulling out of contract with Hawke's Bay's Graeme Lowe Tannery
Union describes move as a big blow to the Lowe Corp-owned tannery.

No easy task: Two artificial reefs created in Hawke's Bay
The second reef was created in a single day on January 29.

Coolest job in HB as parts of region top 34C
"You're in -5C and you're going flat out and then you open up the door and 30C hits you."

Hawke's Bay tech start-up changing real estate
The website will give sellers multiple offers to choose from in a matter of days.

Watch: Restaurant wowed as diners break into song after meal
Sazio is serving up the kind of food that makes diners break out into song.

Canny View: The race to chase higher returns can be risky
Have a financial plan, and work with an investment fiduciary.

Revealed: The stores going into Kmart Napier's new development
Cafe and outdoor equipment chain prepare to open as developers deal with "minor" defects.

Central Hawke's Bay house prices double in 10 years
The average asking price in the district is now $545,967.

Record new home consents, but Hawke's Bay's housing crisis won't end soon
Builders say difficulties in finding labour and supplies are delaying much-needed homes.

Hawke's Bay's most expensive parking spot? Fire-damaged ship could be costing owners $6000 a day
Welding was taking place when the ship caught fire, Hawke's Bay Today understands.

New app promises speedy deliveries
Dugin Teddy says he and co-founder Catharin Felix came up with the idea during lockdown.

Hawke's Bay's craft beer explosion
Several taprooms have opened just in time for summer.

'A long time coming': Moana Park Estate to roar to Dragon
Moana Park Estate is back with a 'hot' new line up, including a performance by Dragon.

Pets on a plane: Airline branches out to transport cats and dogs
Air Napier extended services during lockdown, now demand means it's permanent.