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John Jenkins: Hawke's Bay to the fore with Reefton win

OPINION: Fun Test scored a decisive win in a 1400m maiden race.

‘Mind the gap’ in your financial journey: Nick Stewart

Opinion: The 30-year span from retirement to life’s end requires careful planning.

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.

Opinion: Speaking your truth is one of the best 'drills' for self-esteem muscle

Speaking your truth is one of the best “drills” to build and flex the self-esteem muscle.

‘Brain rot’ word of the year - or words of the year? Wyn Drabble

OPINION: The word of the year awards have just celebrated their 20th anniversary.

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.

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.