'Ban the box': Hawke's Bay student's inspiring Race Unity speech
"If I tick Māori, I am denying my mum, and if I tick NZ European, I am denying my dad."
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Nadia Reid in Hastings: 'I'm taking back my joy a little bit'
Nadia Reid speaks about her music career, upcoming show and new album being made.
'Traumatising' attack: Two large dogs attack tiny Roxy
It was a boy's first time walking Roxy. Then two German shepherds pounced and set on her.
Local Focus: New visibility for Hastings water storage
Hastings drinking water to be stored above ground. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Play touring schools puts anxiety in the spotlight
"I cried in the beginning and cried at the end because it was so powerful."
Promoter looks to bring live music to local halls
Jamie Macphail hopes the Small Hall Sessions will help revitalise community halls.
The woman who can weave a wahakura in 45 minutes
Katarina May never expected her love of helping infants would turn into a career.
Huge advances in 100 years of school dentistry
Wooden chairs, limited pain relief, blunt drills - school dentists weren't always loved.
Principal of 18 years leaves to take up Wellington post
Deputy principal Heather Wilkie will take over as acting principal.
Lou's printer ink costs him $4800 a litre. He's decided to take on big Brother
Lou Klinkhamer did the maths and found a gallon (3.75L) of printer ink costs over $18,000.
Local Focus: Anti-litter 'pester power' for sustainable beauty
18 per cent of people drop litter and it soon mounts up
Veteran Hastings barber calls it a day
Ian Yarlett's heard more stories than most, but his own are more interesting than yours.
Emotional scenes as pou unveiled at Hastings schools
Two pou created by carver Nathan Foote from one log unveiled at two Hastings schools.
Octopoda installation removed early after vandalism, one arrested
The installation was due to come out on Sunday but has been removed early.
Cornwall Park aviary cost blowout clips parrots' wings
A petition to rehome the two birds reached 1800 signatures. They might get what they want.
Local Focus: Hastings biz hub open for businesses
The Hawke's Bay Business Hub Hastings is open. Made with funding from NZ on Air.
'Rapt': Heretaunga Volunteer Fire Brigade gets new truck
The volunteer brigade of about 20 can now transport 1000l more water to fires.
3 years on a yoga mat: Mum's fight to get son a classroom chair
Zayden had to lie on the classroom floor "like a baby at a daycare centre" till he was 10.
Hastings District Council extends Te Mata Peak alcohol ban plan
The ban would include the full Te Mata Park, its roads, walkways and parking.
Thieves break into Havelock North charity bin twice in a month
"It's just not nice is it? It's like someone has ransacked your things."
Kura joins new NCEA Māori performing arts subject pilot
"I wish I had this when I was at school."
Tukituki MP's goals for her first term
Anna Lorck's determined not to be lost to Wellington.
Waipatiki Beach icecream truck approved
Trial goes well, with approximately 100 groups coming to truck on the busiest hot days.
Council considers alcohol ban for Te Mata Peak summit
"Everyone, including tour operators will have the opportunity to make submissions."
Hastings woman shifts foodbank into her home
Carleen Te Nahu didn't think twice about using her Flaxmere home as a foodbank.
Local Focus: Flaxmere sign 'exploiting the poor and impoverished'
Sign caused social-media uproar in two Bay suburbs Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Quest to build Hastings CBD hotel on to final stage
A vacant building behind Toitoi and Opera Kitchen will become a 4-4.5 star hotel.
How good is Te Mata Park? One of the best in the world
Te Mata Park has been named in the top 10 of the Green Flag Awards.
Historic landfill sites found, school cordons off cricket nets
Landfills were used to dispose of household rubbish and are likely to pose minimal risk.
Hastings teacher building students' 'social conscience' using economics
David Ivory is recognised in the Australasian National Excellence in Teaching Awards.
Local Focus: Meet Chucky the cockatoo, refugee from Cornwall Park Aviary
Monkeys are gone but large parrots remain at aviary. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Life an 'open canvas' for dethroned Lawrence Yule, as he rules out local politics return
Yule was a farmer who held the role of Hastings mayor for 16 years before becoming an MP.
Cornwall Park Playcentre claims council has 'blindsided' it over premises
Originally a tea kiosk, the playcentre's had sole charge of the building for 50 years.
Former councillor says council has 'no vision' for Flaxmere village
"We don't even have a proper café to sit down and have a coffee."