Some growers admit "we relied on the RSE quite a lot". Made with funding from NZ On Air.
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From New Zealand's first Covid-19 case on February 28 2020 to entering another alert level 3 lockdown on February 28 2021 - here's a timeline of the milestones and setbacks we've all endured. Video / NZ Herald
Dr. Ashley Bloomfield said the new community case from yesterday - which plunged Auckland into alert level 3 and the rest of New Zealand into alert level 2 - was the UK variant.
Two men, one of them a Napier nightclub staff member, were attacked in a drive-by shooting outside a bar in West Quay. Video / Supplied / Chris Hyde
Maori Battalion medal event Marching from Mihiroa Marae to Houngarea Marae in Pakipaki near Hastings. The last surviving person Robert Gillies who is now 94
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.
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.
Asure Colonial Lodge Motel in Taradale offers coin-toss challenge for free stay. Video / Warren Buckland
Deco festival continues thanks to independent events. 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