Latest from Napier

Pākehā artist claims copyright over bouncy castle's Māori design

A Hastings hire company is in a copyright argument over one of its Māori bouncy castles.

Ex-meth addict: 'No matter what you go through, you can always get clean'

"Meth starts off as 'not the problem', it starts off as an attempt to stop the problem."

Pair of nesting birds delay Hawke's Bay logging road for months

Workers went to check the site and got dive-bombed by the rare native birds.

Hawke's Bay DHB confirms positive community case

A new case of Covid-19 has been identified in Hawke's Bay.

Napier Council to borrow $300m after years of 'under-investment in assets'

Napier City Council currently has zero external debt. That is about to change.

Iwi-led 600-home development could start in 2022

'We understand people would like the quarter-acre dream but that has become unaffordable.'

Local Focus: Beware the 'frisky' cows of Hawke's Bay

Hawke's Bay Regional Council reviewing use of 1600ha of flood-control land.

Watch: Pilot of plane struck by laser over Napier decides to pinpoint the culprit

"On a night like that it's actually very easy to pinpoint a laser beam."

Mako loosie home to battle home town semifinal favourites

McLean Park semifinal poised to be a thriller

Tickets tracking well for McLean Park's first big gig

McLean Park will host its first full-sized concert in April

One year on: The 'silver linings' which came from the Napier floods

One year after the Napier floods, two households remain displaced from their homes.

Live: Record 206 new community cases; 73 Covid patients in hospital

Late-week wastewater detections of virus in Stratford, Gisborne and Napier raise concern.

Napier, Gisborne mayors urge testing, vaccination after positive wastewater samples

'Covid is on our doorstep. And we know the best protection is the vaccine.'

Hawke's Bay tattoo artist says vaccine mandate could push industry underground

Tattooing from home is higher risk, but could be only option for the unvaccinated.

Taking the bark out of Barker Rd: Napier's beautiful nuisance trees had to go

All 27 trees have been removed, but the city council is planning to replant the street.

More arrests to come after spectator injured by boy racers

Police had been "significantly outnumbered" and had to put in highway diversions.