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Children staying home from pre-school due to lack of food

Children are turning up to kindy without food and sometimes not showing up at all

'Admin oversight' leads to closure of Takitimu shops

Seafood off the menu at Takitimu shops after compliance oversight

Water spout forms off Napier coast as city drenched

A water spout has formed off the coast of Napier.

Nash apologises for branding knitting Act MP a 'nutter' on radio show

"If this is what Nash says in public, I can't imagine what he says in private."

Local Focus: Raw Napier jokes bring raw comedy success

Warning - some of this comedy really is "raw".

Napier live export protesters 'stoked' with ban announcement

She said the two-year transition period was "bittersweet"

Neighbours of freedom campers say homelessness now the biggest problem

There's a new trend in freedom camping, and it's not driven by tourists.

Horticulturists hit crossroads - each way, smaller guys lose

Those in horticulture are 'ploughing ahead blind' when it comes to planning next season.

Gang tributes for Napier stabbing victim Peter Lui

Police seek sightings of maroon coloured Holden Commodore in days leading up to attack.

Sensational Phillips seals series win for Black Caps after chaotic scenes

Kiwi's all-round brilliance (almost) overshadowed by the outright bizarre at McLean Park.

Mandate to negotiate Taihape claims achieved

After five years the claims trust has achieved mandate and hopes opposing group will join.

New laundry strips eliminate detergent bottles and throw-away plastic scoops

Dissolvable strips eliminate need for environmentally-damaging bottles and powders.

'Affects all of us': Dozens of women report sexual assaults in Hawke's Bay every year

"Our women still have a fundamental right to safely walk home at night."

$300m road to chlorine-free in Napier 'disheartening', advocate says

Pauline Doyle of the Guardians of the Aquifer group says estimated cost has been inflated.

What do HB councils think of water fluoridation proposal?

Director general of health Ashley Bloomfield could be responsible for fluoride decisions.

Disabled tenant faces eviction from his Kāinga Ora home

The house occupied by Bronwyn Edwards' son was supposed to have been vacated on Friday.