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'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."

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.

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.