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First fifteens: Napier target first win over Hamilton BHS since 2011

The Napier and Hamilton boys high schools first fifteens play in Napier on Sunday

Ex-gang member who bashed rival avoids jail after rehab stint

'You are a different man now than you were then,' the judge told a man who bashed a rival.

Returning Waiohiki to an arterial route ‘not an option’

Gabrielle presents opportunity to challenge Redclyffe Bridge repair.

Hastings founder Hicks regretted 'blot on the town'

Opinion: Francis Hicks left town for 36 years. When he returned, one part dismayed him.

Mystery solved: What's eating hot-water cylinders - and how it can be stopped

The report is out - why Hastings hot-water cylinders are failing at alarmingly high rates.

Cul-de-sac call: Traffic from bridge rebuild shouldn't be foisted on Waiohiki, resident says

Waiohiki “never consciously designed” as the arterial route it became, Denis O'Reilly says

NZ's secret history: 'Havelock North is the occult capital of the world'

Author Andrew Paul Wood reveals the unsuspected history of New Zealand.

Schoolkids have a swing at week-long hockey tournament

The Big Save Furniture Festival brings hockey teams from across the NI to Napier.

Celtic star ready to for her Napier Chance

'If you take things for granted, that really snaps you back into reality.'

Hastings 150th anniversary celebrations likely held under dark skies

Rain for Hastings' birthday.

Canny View: Protect against volatility by diversifying

OPINION: The movement of markets cannot be predicted by man or machine.

Amazing generosity from Dannevirke locals for Cyclone Gabrielle relief

A group from Dannevirke sends 200 meals to Napier every Thursday.

'Can't control it': The worrying trend among Kiwi kids that has experts alarmed

Children in the study wore body cams to track their television, online and games use.

One dead after crash on Hawke’s Bay Expressway near Waiohiki

Police were called to the crash at the roundabout with SH2 and SH50, Links Rd.

'Unsubstantiated cultural beliefs': Christian couple fights declaration of sacred Māori land

Landowner says Māori traditions run contrary to 'divinely inspired' Bible.

Police cordon in place after 'unexplained' death in Māhia

A helicopter, ambulances, fire engines and police were called to a Kaiwaitau Rd property.

Upper Tukituki Catchment Group to host community meeting

Residents and landowners can find out about the Fire and Emergency and Civil Defence plan.

Obituary: Ailsa Allen advocated for women's empowerment

Ailsa Allen, who died at 78, was born in Dannevirke and lived for years in Hawke's Bay.