Waipatiki Holiday Park nears re-opening date
Months of back-breaking work will hopefully pay off for Shane and Fay Ashforth.
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Hawke's Bay growers need rule change to burn flood debris
Regional council faces difficult decision about debris.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Agencies still processing hundreds of grant applications
Three major relief funds have allocated millions to Hawke's Bay between them.
Opinion: Room for all on road to recovery
Hawke’s Bay's recovery a long and complex journey.
Cyclone Gabrielle created a Central Hawke’s Bay lake five and a half times the size of Lake Tūtira
Amid the destruction, one big puddle on satellite imagery remains remarkable.
Boaties and beachgoers beware: Cyclone remnants still pose dangers
Official advice from Lawa still advises people to stay out of the water.
A month ago, Hawke’s Bay needed rescuing - now we need answers
For the sake of residents who've lost everything, authorities need to show what happened.
Hawke’s Bay's stopbank failures - the myths and the realities
No, HBRC did not blow up stopbanks, but it was in the process of upgrading them.
‘Phenomenal:’ Cyclonic Hawke’s Bay rain figures revealed in ‘maps’
Regional council records rainfall at more than 40 sites.
Most Hawke's Bay councils still leaving silt clean-up to homeowners
Only the Wairoa council is picking up the bill for silt clean-up on private property.
Hawke's Bay stopbanks set for massive rise
Hawke's Bay Regional Council to embark on massive stopbank upgrade.
Suspect found in killer sea mystery
Thousands of creatures suddenly washed ashore. Council testing may have found out why.
Health warning as big bounty of dead sea creatures washes ashore at Ahuriri
Hawke’s Bay Today reporters at the scene saw people leaving with bagloads of the bounty.
Opinion: Don't blame staff for the weather
Sometimes there is just no one to blame - so don't try.
Cattle beast concussion stalls Ruataniwha dairy farm decision
A cattle beast has knocked back a decision on 15 million cubic metres of Ruataniwha water.
Let’s choose our water future before climate change chooses for us
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has completed NZ first region-wide water assessment
Local Focus: Simon Nixon on Candidate Camera
Meet Simon Nixon who is running again for Hastings District Council.
Pollution incident at Ruahapia Stream under investigation
Councils are investigating after more than 100 eels were found dead in a Hastings stream.
Watch: Duelling HBRC candidates front up
Tom Belford might appear to be an easy favourite. But the last vote didn't go his way.
Local Focus: Natural solution for Lowes Pit pollution
Lake to be filled in with a gravel filter. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Permanent fire ban proposed for Hawke's Bay
An all-year fire ban is planned for Hawke's Bay. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Hastings smoke pollution breach frustrates council
"We're poisoning our air on a daily basis, and causing serious harm to our community."
The sprinkler bandits of Hastings
Residents breaking bylaws in Hastings. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Eastside expo a 'boutique' experience
The East Coast Farming Expo's fifth event. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'Farm park' development touted as solving housing problem is attracting opposition
Residents concern for proposed farm park development
'Hard case' Kiwi tourism: Napier men tried to charge people $1 to swim with eels
"Even though we ran out of gas it turned out to be a pretty fun day."
Local Focus: The lake getting weired
Saving Whakakī, the lake that's sometimes an estuary. Made with Funding from NZ On Air.
Historic Hawke's Bay: 30 years since rocky reforms
It's 30 years this week since a dramatic reform of local government authorities
'Diversity burst' shatters council old boys' club
A quarter of NZ mayors are female, up from just 19 per cent last time.
Hinewai Ormsby elected: Belford, Bailey and Wilson lose their HBRC seats, according to early results
Progress results show three Hawke's Bay Regional councillors lost their seats
Wise romps home in Napier, four mayors are back, shock result in Flaxmere and three regional councillors dumped
A wrap up of the winners and losers in local body elections in Hawke's Bay
Local Focus: Why the poor voter turnout?
Why is voter turnout so low for local body elections? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Two dams on offer to Heretaunga
Heretaunga Plains water storage scheme. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Draining Lake Lowe: 'Skeletons' of Hastings industrial lake could be revealed
Lowes Pit could be hiding more than first thought beneath the water.