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Wyn Drabble: Why feel cheated by missing summer?

OPINION: 'We even had the heat pump on for the first two weeks of January.'

Opinion: Would you pay $11.40 to watch 7 year olds play sport?

OPINION: I can’t hold back tides, but I don't want to keep paying through gritted teeth.

‘Terrible’ Tarawera volcanic eruption retold: Gail Pope

Opinion: Molten blobs of scoria pounded the roof.

Gardening’s ‘naughtiest half hour’ revealed: Wyn Drabble

OPINION: 'I’m trialling a scarecrow which stands rigidly to attention.'

More to Hawke’s Bay rivers than ‘just breathing’: Garth Eyles

Opinion: 'For nigh on 50 years nothing has been done to protect the ranges from erosion.'

Racing: Debut win for Hastings-trained Everending

Opinion: The 3-year-old showed a touch of class, coming from near last on the home turn.

John Jenkins: Blinkers and class drop prove a winner for Lohnagan

OPINION: Hastings-trained Lohnagan turned around some ordinary form in no uncertain terms.

Opinion: Christmas, Jesus and his cousin John - why it still matters

OPINION: The Xmas story also recalls another birth, John. This is why it matters to me.

Inspiration for Napier’s Tom Parker Fountain revealed: Michael Fowler

Opinion: Fountain gift greatly received by the Napier Borough Council.

Looking back at Hastings' busy year as the council get ready to continue into the next

Column: Hastings Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst reflects on the past 12 months in Hastings.

Kirsten Wise on how to fill the community news gap in Napier

Kirsten Wise on the closure of community papers and communication in the community.

Creative Arts Napier gallery is bursting with gifts and goodies ready for Christmas

Creative Arts Napier is hosting a string of artists along with their summer market.

Review: Essays within The Chthonic Cycle are complex, readable and fascinating

The Chthonic Cycle essays dive into ‘Earth’s interlocking cycles of death and re-use,’.

Ratepayers wanted us to focus on our core functions

Opinion: Shifting limited resources onto our core functions reflects what ratepayers want.

Michael Fowler: Fantasyland Greater Hastings ‘greatest creation’

OPINION: 'Glorious inactivity' was a spark to greater things in Hastings.

John Jenkins: Re-cambering work to get racing back on Hastings track

OPINION: Hawke’s Bay Racing can resume racing by re-cambering the track.

Mei Whaitiri a loved kuia, friend and Pania of the Reef model: Te Hira Henderson

Opinion: Mei's collective of tribes merged, making her complete and well-loved.

Seeing a doctor – then and now: Wyn Drabble

Opinion: The personal touch has gone, as it has from so many areas.