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Wairoa's fourth mayoral candidate is a flood victim wanting to stop another one

'Younger people are the ones going to take over and we don’t want to leave a mess.'

First XVs: Hastings Boys' High holds on for draw to book place in Hurricanes final

Hastings scored the first try, and at the end of the game, that's what counted.

Biggest game of the season? Magpies on a collision course with Canterbury

Both sides unbeaten, and a crowd approaching 7000 anticipated in Napier.

Editorial: There are hidden victims in Phil Goff's $160k meth lab clean-up ordeal

OPINION: Meth testing and remediation was big business a few years ago.

Hīkoi for Kaea: Reclaiming Napier's streets after an awful act of violence

Three months after a tragedy, a community unites to try to stop it happening again.

Private or public school? Education spat sends Hawke's Bay parents to court

The primary-aged girl told her lawyer that her father 'wasn't listening to Mummy'.

Plasterboard recycling trial a success: 'Exactly the result we were aiming for'

Plasterboard is one of the New Zealand building industry’s most persistent waste streams.

'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.'

She went to 1000 funerals by the age of 18 – now it's inspired a solo stage show

As a child, Kristyl Neho assumed everyone grew up around death.

'Absolute ball': Kiwi optometrist walks length of the UK to support charities

His 1700km walk raised $20,000 for Eye Care for Africa and almost $2000 for Glaucoma NZ.

Double-decker dining: Restaurateurs trying to release Napier's hospitality handbrake

A double-decker bus has been transformed into a dining room, with surrounding food trucks.

Te reo book snub is all about sanitising the system: Wyn Drabble

OPINION: English is only enriched by borrowing from other languages.

Ocean predator likely cause of whale stranding

The whale already had injuries when it beached and then died in Māhia, DoC says.

'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.

HB netball coaching legend retires after etching Otane's name on cup once more

Annemarie Kupa has coached teams to 18 Hawke's Bay premier netball titles.

Taste of spring? 18C day predicted as HB's August freeze thaws a little

'That temperature will be not as chilly as what we’ve seen recently.'