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Napier City Council site takes step toward potential hotel development

Council has voted to demolish civic building, but engineer says public needs answers.

Slain police officer's nephew graduates from police college

Dan Snee, nephew of Len Snee, will be posted to Eastern District.

'Could get out of hand': Napier council stops providing free replacement recycling bins

Replacing recycling crates will cost residents after council decision.

Man shot by police at Flaxmere school had an imitation pistol

Man presented imitation pistol before being shot, police say.

Flaxmere school shooting: Top cop backs 'split-second' decisions

Man had visited the school twice before on Tuesday, and had threatened staff member.

Suzuki Series: Table set for Whanganui after tight round at Manfeild.

Richard Cooper and Damon Rees battle in Formula 1, Richie Dibben climbing in Formula 2.

'Dad, reverse, he's got a gun': Father and son's face-to-face with alleged shooter

The fragments of the bullet left damage to his van's bonnet and windscreen.

Hastings to get 200 new houses in next two years, Govt announces

Papakāinga affordable housing on Māori land one of the solutions to district crisis.

Was it a UFO? The image that had NZers guessing

There's a remarkable explanation for the appearance in the sky.

Kevin Atkinson dropped as chairman for Hawke's Bay in DHB shakeup

Kevin Atkinson is overlooked after re-election on the basis he'd be reappointed chairman.

Hawke's Bay's Uber desert: Taxi companies haven't been dented by ridesharing app's launch

"I think it'd take longer to get an Uber than to call a taxi."

Napier's National Aquarium options: $77m rebuild or shut down

State of aquarium shows massive $77 million project is needed to save it, mayor says.

Green with envy? Soaring temps blamed for deterioration of Napier streams

Hot temperatures have turned some of Napier's urban streams to bright shades of green.

'Tighter rules' force National Aquarium to euthanase piranhas

The end of four-decades of piranhas at the aquarium has been confirmed.

Travel chaos: Air NZ cancels 35 flights as severe storm hits

Heavy rain is expected to lash the West Coast all week.

She hired a man despite his criminal record. He repaid her with a $150,000 theft

Stole 5 jet skis, computers and vape juice from the boss, then went back to work.