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Watch NZH Local Focus: How Art Deco is Napier?

Out come the jewellery, the fashion and the cars of the 1930s - but Art Deco wouldn't be what it is without the architecture. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Watch NZH Local Focus: How Art Deco is Napier?

Out come the jewellery, the fashion and the cars of the 1930s - but Art Deco wouldn’t be what it is without the architecture. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Public may be helping offenders evade police

Hawke's Bay Police believe members of the public are helping two dangerous offenders evade police.

Gastro outbreak still affecting many elderly residents

A large number of elderly people have still not recovered from last year's campylobacter outbreak in Havelock North, the inquiry panel

Father admits murdering son

Man admits killing his son but lawyer argues against life sentence.

Man found unconscious at beach dies

Mark Geoffrey Beale, who was found unconscious on a beach in Haumoana, died yesterday morning in hospital. Police found 45-year-old

Police name man who died following Hawke's Bay assault

Police have named the man who was found unconscious on a Hawke's Bay beach yesterday.

Watch NZH Local Focus: No budget for Wairoa Budget Advisory Service

After serving the Wairoa community for 28 years the Wairoa Budget Advisory Service now faces an uncertain future after the Ministry of Social Development pulled its funding. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Earthquakes possible cause of water contamination

Earthquakes could have contributed to the contamination of Havelock North's water.

Surface pond most likely source of outbreak

The Mangateretere pond was the most likely pathway by which contaminated water entered the Brookvale Rd borehead 1, the Havelock North

Closed police station frustrates bag-snatch victim

A Napier resident was horrified when he found the Napier police station closed not once, but twice as he tried seeking help after

20 arrested in Hawke's Bay drug bust

Twenty people have been arrested after a five-month police operation aimed at preventing the supply of methamphetamine and cannabis.

Weather gods shine on Waitangi weekend

Most of the country can expect another warm, dry holiday weekend, but the West Coast is in for a wet one.

Big wet, bone-dry: A tale of two summers

While the eastern region swelters in one of the most rain-deprived Januaries in more than a century, some western areas have been drenched.

Water inquiry kicks off with bores

Sheep faeces were the likely cause of last year's gastro outbreak, an inquiry into the contamination of the Havelock North water heard

Watch NZH Local Focus: Anti-GM campaigners seek social media support

Anti-GM campaigners have launched a video on social media urging the Māori party to condemn Government's proposed changes to the Resource Management Act, which would remove their right to remain GM Free. Made with funding from NZ On Air.