Crown seeks homes linked to Hawke's Bay slave trafficker
Slave dealer faces up to 20 years in jail and could lose two family homes.
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Retired inspector shares insight after Auckland officer's death
Slain police officer was the first to be shot and killed since Len Snee in Napier in 2009.
7.4 quake felt widely across NZ: 'What the devil's that?', 'Our house was jolted'
7.4 magnitude earthquake off Gisborne's coast felt in Wellington.
Covid-19 testing numbers up in Hawke's Bay as colds sweep through
The common cold causes spike in Covid-19 testing numbers.
Revealed: Bulldozer with faulty exhaust likely started 400ha fire
Bulldozer owner surprised at finding, saying he felt fire was caused by a cigarette butt.
'Cherished' 4-year-old laid to rest after trailer accident
The little girl will be farewelled by loved ones in Tuai today.
Hastings smoke pollution breach frustrates council
"We're poisoning our air on a daily basis, and causing serious harm to our community."
A Napier CBD brothel? Backpackers explored all ways to escape Covid financial hole
"It was kind of a joke, but also kind of not."
Local Focus: Makeover for deadly highway
State Highway 51 is getting big changes. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
S**** towns? No way - a charming road-trip through small-town New Zealand
Finding the beauty in the small, the rural and the unexpected.
Coldest June morning in five years: Otago town shivers at -12.3C
Middlemarch has registered New Zealand's coldest June temperature since 2015.
Your weather: Brrrrr, cold start but fine skies set for rugby
Much of the Central North Island and South Island woke to frosts this morning.
Empty class: Inside the foreign student crisis
Decisions on how to let foreign students back next year are needed soon.
Child dies after trailer toppled on to them in Hawke's Bay
The child died when a trailer they were playing on toppled over.
Fire and fury: June burn offs 'hazardous' to Bay's health
Experts warn increase in outdoor burning is becoming a health risk this winter.
Napier council's former CEO spent $4000 on farewell morning tea shout
A farewell morning tea shout has raised eyebrows around the council table.
Local Focus: Testing times for testers
A testing time was good business for Hawke's Bay water testers. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Brutally beaten Flaxmere boy out of hospital
Four-year-old Flaxmere boy out of hospital, and police hopeful for a trial
HOY's 'boring' Friday Night Fiesta has 'had its day', manager says
The "boring" Friday night event needs a radical revamp, organisers say.
'Unacceptable': Man dies after IT error causes year-long delay in test results
An IT error caused a year-long delay in a dying man receiving his test results.
Teacher censured for viewing porn
Forensic examination found the teacher had 'attempted to erase any trace of the material'.
Brrrr...! Heavy snow closes roads as wintry blast moves up country
There is snow down to 400m in places of the South Island, what's in store for the north?
Watch: All Blacks captain's emotional support for struggling farmers
"I encourage you to focus on those things you do have control over."
Napier's $40m pool formally blocked by council, public to get another say
It meets a promise of Kirsten Wise and several candidates in last year's Local Elections.
Hawke's Bay Airport plans to develop 10ha solar farm
Large solar farm on airport land could turn a profit as well as help carbon neutral goal.
Ardern and Bloomfield speak on level 2 rule breach
Jacinda Ardern and Dr Ashley Bloomfield: Why they broke social distancing rules.
Waipawa intersection scene of another CHB smash
A woman in her 50s was airlifted to hospital in a serious condition.
Nat MP: 'Hypocrites' Ardern and Bloomfield caught breaching social distance
Images show PM and director general of health breaking social distancing rules.
Tramper's body retrieved 500m from river crossing point
Four-hour search ends with drone finding missing tramper's body.
A petition is set to continue the delay of a Hawke's Bay wind farm that has been in proposal for 13 years
The petition was started by Maria Rahui and has 374 signatures against the wind farm.
Twenty arrests in two days: The planned raid of a Hawke's Bay Mongrel Mob chapter
A new offshoot of the Mongrel Mob had sprung up. Police were watching, waiting.
James Whakaruru's killer gets preventive detention
The man who killed a 4-year-old still blames his victims.
'Blood everywhere': 80 sheep dead after dog attack in rural Hawke's Bay
Another 25 were injured in the attack at a Fernhill property.
Revamped Waipukurau Library closed suddenly due to 'structural vulnerabilities'
Renovations in late 2015 were supposed to bring the facility up to code.