Latest from Hawke's Bay

Hawke's Bay Lotto player strikes it lucky, wins $800,000

The winning Strike Four ticket was sold at Greenmeadows New World in Napier.

Finance Minister vows to give Māori business owners a 'good go'

Business owners in Hawke's Bay say they need more support to "do what they're good at".

In over our heads: Hawke's Bay rents up 16.3 per cent in a year, house prices up 26 per cent

"The situation is pretty desperate. What do people do?"

Three arrested after meth bust in Hawke's Bay

Police said the three arrests are a "win" because "meth destroys our communities".

Baby on board: Boy born on a plane now wants to be pilot

"I was trying to hold him in, I was like 'oh no, this baby is coming out'."

Top pie glory eludes best of Hawke's Bay

Cafe Ahuriri gets a silver medal for its prized venison and back pie

Data reveals Hawke's Bay and Gisborne residents targeted by hate speech online

Nearly double the NZ average reported experiencing hate speech online in the past year.

Murder mystery: Napier man jailed, released, now suing for $300k

The 2008 murder of Chattrice Maihi-Carroll in Napier continues to haunt authorities.

Housing land sale gets investment commission approval

Purchasers are NZX-listed with interest in Hawke's Bay since 2004.

Cruise ship passenger drowned after climbing overboard

A cruise ship passenger who drowned off Hawke's Bay had deliberately climbed overboard.

Construction constraints delay completion of Kāinga Ora homes

Many Hastings families are facing another Christmas in motels and emergency accommodation.

Napier's council-owned housing may have to be sold

"We've got a shortfall in terms of making this sustainable."

Royston Hospital anaesthetic technicians to strike

Staff to take action over pay and "chronic understaffing".

Candidates named for vacant Hawke's Bay Regional Council seat

Nominations for the open Hawke's Bay Regional Council seat closed today at midday.

Craig Cooper: If meth / Mob rehab programme is a joke, explain the punch line

Hopefully, Kahukura graduates are ex-Mob members getting sober, to leave the gang life

State tenant nails windows shut to protect himself from gang intimidation

Kāinga Ora says it is urgently trying to relocate a man nailing windows of his place shut.

Mongrel Mob's meth rehab programme given $2.75m

Central Hawke's Bay mayor says backers of Mob programme must keep their eyes "wide open".

School uniforms out, brollies and winter woollies in: Wet, windy, cold start to school holidays

"Severe gales" expected for Northland and Auckland, snow for parts of the South.