Takapau couple Brenda and John Blackett have been entertaining locals with colour and cheer for years. Warren Buckland went to see the lights.
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Chris Comber head of finance for the HBDHB had his hair cut off for an Acorn Project fundraiser. Video Warren Buckland
Helen Clark speaking at Craggy Range alongside tech leaders Guy Horrocks and Jonty Kelt
Just the facts - A closer look at the first four vaccines to be rolled out in New Zealand. How they work, why we need them and who developed them. Video / NZ Herald
Tim Turvey co-owner of Clearview Estate along with other Te Awanga residents is not happy about the earth wall platform 2.6 metres above Clifton Road under construction next to the winery vineyard. Video Warren Buckland
Splash Planet numbers up 20 per cent. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Mandy Meadows, singer from Central Hawke's Bay back in New Zealand after years in London
Papatoetoe High School principal Vaughan Couillault said all students and teachers are being re-tested immediately, with four stations in the hall testing people already. Video / Alex Burton
Clyde Thomas, Napier has complained about abuse he received at school as a left handed student.
Hawke's Bay cherries heading overseas. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Video footage from a heavy rain event several years prior to the November 9 floods, shows water running down Havelock Rd through to a neighbour’s driveway. Video / Supplied
After three community cases were announced in Auckland, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that the region will shift to alert level 3 and the rest of NZ to alert level 2 from 11.59pm Sunday. Video / Ministry of Health
A bronze cast statue of Anna Elizabeth Jerome Spencer (known to her friends as Bessie), born in Napier in 1872, has now been unveiled on the corner of Shakespeare Rd and Browning St.
There are three community Covid-19 cases in South Auckland - a mother, father and daughter from Papatoetoe. New Zealand is still at alert level 1.
The owner bought it for $190,000 in 2017. Now they want $360,000 more. Video / Holden
Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay said the public health risk was low but the Ministry was "scratching our heads a little" on the cases linked to the Pullman Hotel. Video / Ministry of Health
Reporter Shannon Johnstone interviews Teacher Thomas Primrose after he returned from a teaching role in London to teach year 5/6 and as Deputy Head, Teaching and Learning, Hereworth School, Havelock North. Video Warren Buckland
Reporter Shannon Johnstone talks to Richard Fenwick, Assistant Head of Department Social Science who has made an interesting trip from Zimbabwe to take up a teaching role at Hastings Girl's High school. Video Warren Buckland
The Maraekākaho Dark Sky Project. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
90 years after the Hawke's Bay 7.8 earthquake, Hastings citizens gathered to remember the day 256 people were killed leaving Napier and Hastings in rubble. Video Warren Buckland.
Introducing the waka carvers: Derek Kawiti. Made with support from NZ On Air. Video / A Tawera / E-Tangata
1931 Earthquake memorial ceremony at the Veronica Sunbay, Sounshell, Marine Parade. Napier
Introducing the waka carvers: Freddie Tauotaha. Made with support from NZ On Air. Video / A Tawera / E-Tangata
Introducing the waka carvers: Alika Bumatay. Made with support from NZ On Air. Video / A Tawera / E-Tangata
The Parkrun movement is steadily spreading. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Introducing the waka carvers: Billy Harrison. Made with support from NZ On Air. Video / A Tawera / E-Tangata
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) fundraiser from Napier Sailing Club to Perfume Point and back
Sir Hek Busby and the lost art of canoe building. Made with support from NZ On Air. Video / A Tawera / E-Tangata
Tom and Esther Seymour show Hawke's Bay Today reporter Shannon Johnstone around their new Boutique accommodation in Napier
Free public art tours in Hastings. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Flaxmere sign on social housing "exploiting" the poor. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
The BP service station in Bay View, Napier was badly damaged from the blaze. Video / Hayley Monro
Maia Schwass, 8, suffers from spinal muscular atrophy. Her mother Tegan Prescott will move Maia and family to Australia to access drugs for SMA not available in New Zealand.
Napier is hosting the NZ Scooter Nationals. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Havelock North runner Jason Stuckey over came a covid dominated year to run every day. Video / Warren Buckland