Latest from Hastings

Local Focus: 'We’ve had people turn up in sheets and underwear'

Sally Ann Pritchard says Te Aranga Marae requires towels and blankets but has enough kai.

Watch: Terrifying moment mum, young kids battle raging flood current to get to safety

Stay put and hope the weather gods are kind, or risk raging floods to assure safety.

Local Focus: RSEs evacuated safely in Fernhill

49 Samoan RSEs had to abandon their belongings after camp flooded.

'I genuinely thought they were all gone': Family cling to log for eight hours in floodwaters

A Hawke’s Bay family, including a 7-year-old boy, are lucky to be alive.

Orchard workers swim through floodwaters, hold on to trees to get to safety

"I nearly gave up, but then I thought of my mum and dad back home".

Hastings RSE worker’s story of escape from Cyclone Gabrielle flooding

Asomuamua Lauano was one of about 40 RSE workers and several locals trapped.

'Pretty brutal out there': 9000 out of homes in storm-ravaged Hawke's Bay

What you need to know about the devastation in Hawke's Bay.

Families make desperate pleas to know if Hawke's Bay-based loved ones are safe

Police have set up an online tool to help families find missing people.

'We've been through hell': Harrowing stories of floods survivors

Alastair Needes and other survivors tell of their close calls with rising flood waters.

Suburban Hastings brawl but no arrests

Up to 30 people involved, with hammers and other items used as weapons.

Street brawl: Hammers, bats and knives reportedly seen in mass fight

Group fled when police turned up.

12 workers sleeping in living room: Four-bedroom house earning $3500 rent a week

Local Focus: 28 RSE workers share one kitchen - we went to have a look.

QSM-recognised food grower's community gardens hit.

Razor blades in a koha box were the only thing left behind by vandals.

Hastings: Work begins on Cornwall Park aviary upgrade

Work on the Cornwall Park aviary upgrade begins next week

Opportunity to learn about Hastings world-leading sustainable substation opens

Experts behind Windsor substation to meet community

$400k donation to help Hawke's Bay youngsters stay safe in the water

Donation follows spate of drownings.

'Go Dad!' Firefighters compete in the Waterway Challenge

The water was flying and the kids were cheering.

'Pathetic and juvenile': Man attacked over clothing colour while waiting for KFC

Judge berates Mongrel Mob code after a brutal attack on man wearing Black Power colours.