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Hawke's Bay Seafoods boats may be confiscated
Over $250,000 worth of fish illegally exported may cost company four fishing vessels.
Labour's Stuart Nash defends $1000-a-head fundraiser
Stuart Nash says all candidates and parties need fundraisers to run good campaigns.
Rare fungus sprouts in perfect autumn conditions
The pukurau gave Waipukurau part of its name but is not so often seen today.
Crippling health and safety costs force school camp to close
Stoney Creek has hosted thousands of children over the past three decades.
Sentence affirmed for brutal jail attack
Paka Junior Leota nearly killed two men, in separate attacks, in separate prisons.
HB Regional Prison volunteers earn national awards
Volunteer-run yoga classes one of the most popular among prison inmates.
Lucky to be alive: Police officer held axe attack victim's chest together
A Hastings man is lucky to be alive after he was slashed with an axe last week.
Appeal against preventive detention fails
Violent reoffender Paka Leota failed in his bid to have his sentence overturned.
Students become servants for a day to give back to community
The event was created by Lindisfarne College a decade ago and provides benefits all round.
Blues take three points in so-so clash
Napier City Rovers need to find consistency if they are to claim the Central League crown.
M. bovis may wipe out lamb and calf days
Agricultural industry recommending lamb and calf days don't go ahead.
Students doing 'What Ever It Takes' to tackle mental health, including hosting national inquiry
Students overcome personal barriers of fear and understanding to engage in project.
'It's Business Time': Rocket Lab counting down to first commercial launch
The new 14-day launch window starts on June 23, with daily opportunities from 12.30-4.30pm
Buddha statues burgled from two Napier homes
Solid concrete, metre high, Buddha statue vanishes into the night.
Person treated by paramedics after gas leak at marae
Fire and Emergency was called to reports of a gas explosion. Person treated by parademics.
Methadone poisoning not the first
The National Poisons Centre has received 13 calls about methadone cases across New Zealand
Rugby ref lay on cold, wet field with injured player until help arrived
A Dannevirke referee spent an hour lying on cold, wet paddock, holding injured player.
Gang members plunge axe into man's chest
'Wanna fight?' Gang member jumps fence and attacks man at his new home.
Calls for public re-notification of WCO application
Special tribunal considers re-notification of WCO application, given new science findings.
Mysterious movements: Couple, police keen to solve mystery of moved car
The relocated car was undamaged, locked, and nothing appeared to have been taken from it.
Death on crossing in Napier
Community members rallied in vain to save a man hit by a car in Onekawa
Where it's $5.99 for an avocado
Average cost of an avocado hit record-breaking high of $5.06 across the country in May.
'Stay away from Hawke's Bay rivers' - Civil Defence
Many rivers and streams are still flowing fast and there is still a lot of debris.
Taupō-Napier road to reopen early afternoon
SH5 from Taupō to Napier reopening by 12.30pm - NZTA.
Police name victim of Havelock North crash
Havelock North crash victim remembered as "fantastic mum".
Shipping containers flung from Napier Port
Two empty shipping containers blown into the sea by the gale-force winds in Napier.
Winter deluge: East Coast bears brunt of wild rain, wind
Downpours have swamped an already rain-soaked Gisborne district.
Baby remains in stable condition after methadone poisoning
Newborn accidentally given Methadone at community pharmacy.
Hawks lose third time to Saints this season
It was time for Hawks to show they were capable of mixing it with the Saints. Did they?