Latest fromHawke's Bay

Local Focus: Te Mata Park facing expansion challenge
Te Mata Peak seeks to expand its footprint. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Cemetery vandals wreck volunteers' work
Vandals tear out historic Napier Hill cemetery beautification plantings.

Desperation for rentals in Napier
Napier house owners deal with hundreds of inquiries for their rental properties

More flight delays at Hawke's Bay Airport
Flights were delayed again - today it was due to windy weather.

Where rents are rising the fastest in NZ
Every region in the country saw an annual increase in August .

Nest sites lost as gannet colony slips into sea
The birds will find other places in the colonies at Cape Kidnappers, experts say.

Rain, icy winds and snow on the way today
The good news is after today spring will slowly return.

Pahiatua Track crash: Person critically injured
Pahiatua Track was closed for more than two hours after truck hit car.

Woman told she was dying, but she wasn't
A Hawke's Bay woman is going the extra mile to raise money for the Cancer Society.

Activists escape conviction over oil ship protest
Norman and climate activist Sara Howell were discharged without conviction.

Fog plays havoc with Auckland flights to Hawke's Bay
Fog plays havoc with Auckland flights.

Local Focus: Hastings marks Suffrage Day
Descendants of Hastings suffragists marked Suffrage Day with a tree planting. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The oddest Lotto numbers - and 40 First Division winners!
It's the most people to win Lotto First Division in it's 37 years of running.

A slow and painful death after gastro outbreak
Family blames John Buckley's death on the 2016 campylobacter outbreak.

Hawke's Bay economy given five-star rating
A bumper grape harvest has helped boost the region's economy.

After two days on home detention teen robbed store wearing electronic bracelet
Culprit arrested within minutes after police tracked electronic bracelet's signal.

Olympian gives HB airport stick over another late flight
More delays - is the air control tower to blame?

More than 390 houses proposed for Havelock North
Havelock North is about to get bigger, and not all residents are happy about it.

Fifth stabbing overnight: Hawke's Bay man critical
Five stabbings in three separate incidents reported overnight, two of them fatal.

Local Focus: Blossom Parade a blooming success
Hastings Blossom Parade 2018. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Politics whole lot saner on this side of the ditch
Aussies knock another off prime ministerial roundabout

Woman evicted after airport confrontation
A police spokesman confirmed officers were called to control tower over incident.

Super Rugby ref Ben O'Keeffe strikes chord
Te Aute College E grade rugby team win competition after parent's passionate submission.

Pizza Hut franchisee fined for immigration offence
A former Hastings Pizza Hut manager has been fined for employing an illegal worker

Strange creatures wash up on Napier beach
Huge swells from last week's storm disturbed spine-chilling sea-creatures from the deep.

Local Focus: Words are not enough for Flaxmere College
Māori Language Week at Flaxmere College. Made with funding from NZ On Air.