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Artist watched grandmother grieve husband's death, then forget it, 15 times at funeral.

KFC is doubling down in Hastings.

The 38-member choir was selected among the top 24 from about 280 choirs across NZ.

An orange severe wind warning is in place until 7pm.

'Unfortunately, that night became his last night.'

'Had any one of us been standing outside our homes, we would have been killed.'

'Never eaten anything like it. I’ll think of it on my deathbed,' one critic wrote.

'It’s for any whānau that are wanting to embrace te reo Māori and our culture.'

More than 60 free photography exhibitions will take place across Hawke’s Bay.

'When you’re just sitting, waiting for the day to pass ... that’s not living.'

Maree Buscke took the event to Bendigo in July for its first overseas edition.

The three applicants claim the satellite launches could have helped Israel's military.

The choir has organised a fundraising concert at Napier’s Century Theatre on Thursday.

'Safety must come first, but it should be based on the individual, not simply their age.'

Joshua Condliffe's offending went viral when cafe shared video showing him taking the jar.

Margaret Thomas uses Alexa to brew her tea, play music, even switch on her lights.

'I’m going to transform it,' Alexia Barbarouses says. 'I want it to pop for everybody.'

Temperatures could drop as low as -4C in Napier later this week.

Mary lost her husband three years ago. The evenings are the hardest.

Paula has borrowed money and downsized the family's home to afford her son's chess career.

'I thought about it a lot, and I know that she would have been telling me to do it.'

'It’s not easy to stand when you’ve got arthritis in your legs, but you’ve got no choice.'

The 11-year-old girl was killed while cycling in Flaxmere last year.

The Hawke’s Bay U15s triumphed over teams from Australia and Fiji on the Gold Coast.

Roy Boonen, 65, says he's running for Parliament for his grandchildren's future.

Their children delayed school and lectures at EIT so they could all watch together.

'If he was coming the other way, he would have gone into my son’s room.'

Walter Breustedt wants businesses to stop automatically printing thermal receipts.

'I wanted to do something to involve the younger generation.'

Witnesses describe how the attack happened in a Hastings CBD street.

'It’s stupid having only a couple of hundred metres of 100km/h.'