Latest from Hawke's Bay

Hawke's Bay premier rugby clubs look forward to Maddison Cup rounds

Games between CHB, Pirates, Havelock and MAC were all close.

There was just centimetres in it in women's marathon

Close results marked the podiums for several of the events.

Heavy rain approaches Hawke's Bay as temperatures normalise

The MetService has issued a heavy rain watch, but there is still uncertainty.

Rock barrier outside Cape Coast Four Square to deter ram raids

Cape Coast's second rock barrier stops cars, not waves.

Six injured in second serious Norsewood highway crash in four days

The crash on State Highway 2 was near another serious crash days earlier.

'Seemed like a good idea': Kiwi builds a solar e-bike to ride to the UK

Shaun Gilbert's No 8 wire ingenuity is about to be tested across continents.

Marathon efforts: Octa and nonagenarians on why you're 'never too old' to start exercising

At 93, Victor Smith will be the oldest to lace up his shoes as part of the HB Marathon.

'Full-circle moment': World-renowned mime returns to stage he performed on as a kid

He's travelled the world with his craft; now he's coming back to where it started.

Wyn Drabble: David Seymour's updated food pyramid

OPINION: The items in South Korea's free lunches would definitely get a 'woke' award.

Grille stops attempt at vape store ram raid, two youths in stolen car arrested

Their car smashed through the glass doors. But there was a hidden obstacle behind.

Top drop: Matamata-Piako District Council a finalist for best-tasting tap water

The council is one of four finalists in the National Water Taste Test competition.

'Not enough' well-trained staff to deal with severe weather events, review finds

'We do not have enough well-trained Nema staff or surge staff to deploy,' the report read.

'Catastrophic': 18m-deep gully leaves community on a road to nowhere

Gabrielle wiped out 50m of the main road to Kererū. 15 months later, it's still cut off.

Boy racers do 'burnout circles' around young woman in middle of intersection

Police say boy racer activity near Dannevirke is becoming more common, and more brazen.

Ocean Flyer's commercial seaglider project signs multimillion dollar financing deal

The bold Hawke's Bay initiative gets international support.

Seagliders' 35-minute trips to Auckland closer with $145m deal

Seagliders and 35-minute trips between Whangārei and Auckland are a step closer.