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Peak summer: Hotter days to come for Hawke's Bay as 31C Sunday awaits

Sunday swimming at the beach is back on.

Shock as talented young rugby player diagnosed with stage 4 cancer

Hunter Donghi's family thrown into turmoil, but the community's rallying around them.

Arrest follows burglary spree that includes EB Games ram-raid in Napier

A Napier target was a games shop, and a Hastings target used to be a games shop.

The Anzac carving: Rissington's big stump that could become its biggest tourist attraction

Carved out of a single large redwood stump, two giant Anzacs would stand as one.

Police to fan out to patrol New Year's Eve gatherings across Hawke's Bay

They would also be educating people about orange traffic light settings.

Drivers beware: Speed limit for Napier-Taupō road cut to 80km/h

The highway's claimed 25 lives in 12 years.

School student's hauora-themed artwork scoops award

Makayla Read aimed to represent what hauora (wellbeing) meant to teens.

Development vetoed: But Hawke's Bay A&P society says 'passion doesn't pay the bills'

Residential development on Showgrounds Hawke's Bay Tomoana unlikely in the future

Flights set to double into Napier as Auckland border reopens, businesses welcome economic boost

An exodus of holiday makers and loved ones from Auckland is set to begin.

Hawke's Bay roadworker injured after truck and trailer jack-knifes into temporary traffic lights

"The truck did not stop in time, and jack-knifed as it approached the lights."

A&P Society member calls for Government help to save showgrounds

Housing proposal stays on the table: "This is bigger than just Hawke's Bay."

Pākehā artist claims copyright over bouncy castle's Māori design

A Hastings hire company is in a copyright argument over one of its Māori bouncy castles.

Ex-meth addict: 'No matter what you go through, you can always get clean'

"Meth starts off as 'not the problem', it starts off as an attempt to stop the problem."

Pair of nesting birds delay Hawke's Bay logging road for months

Workers went to check the site and got dive-bombed by the rare native birds.

Red, Orange or Green: Cabinet meets to decide each region's fate

The country will move into the new Covid-19 protection framework on Friday.

Local Focus: Everesting challenge a good deed

Everesting at Te Mata Peak raises over $10,000 for Mental Health Foundation.

The dust up, then stress: Two years of struggle at the Havelock North cellphone tower

The neighbourhood took on Spark. The stress it brought the Fookes' has been significant.

Local Focus: Beware the 'frisky' cows of Hawke's Bay

Hawke's Bay Regional Council reviewing use of 1600ha of flood-control land.