Opinion
'Brought up on a diet of horses': Prominent racing figure celebrates 80th birthday
OPINION: Isabell Roddick is best known as the initial owner of the champion Rough Habit.
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Lotto First Division win in small seaside Hawke’s Bay community
Two Hawke's Bay Four Squares just kilometres apart sold winning tickets in one night.
From Ongaonga to the Black Ferns - a Plum choice
Three rugby players originally from Hawke's Bay are now in the Black Ferns squad.
Is gesturing a little out of hand? Wyn Drabble
OPINION: Studies show that sometimes our gestures and speech don’t match up.
Woman suffers 'non-survivable' head injuries after fall from hospital bed
The 88-year-old had a history of falling and had fractured her hip the previous year.
Young children living among drugs and firearms seized in Hastings raid
Police seized cannabis, cocaine, LSD, firearms and $12,000 cash during a search.
'Very lucky': Gardener rescued after falling 25m down bank
Firefighters say the ground gave way around the man and he tumbled down through trees.
Magpies brotherhood - the Sullivans to start together against Auckland
The Magpies haven't beaten Auckland in Auckland since 1969.
Developer's 300-home plan gets Govt boost despite council opposition
A large housing project on the prime Havelock North land could be fast-tracked.
Slowing the 'carbon juggernaut': MP Mike Butterick on why he's standing again
The member for Wairarapa says the 2030s have the potential to be NZ’s finest decade.
'Outright stupid': Police hunt strike on pilot-training flight over Napier
The aircraft was hit by a laser several times over Awatoto.
Napier and Tukituki MPs refuse to say if they voted for Luxon
Katie Nimon and Catherine Wedd backed Luxon but would not reveal their votes.
Judicial review sought over Govt's approval of four Mahia rocket launches
The three applicants claim the satellite launches could have helped Israel's military.
Napier Girls’ choir reaches national final after 33-year gap
The choir has organised a fundraising concert at Napier’s Century Theatre on Thursday.
Country rugby: The shield has gone, but the cup could be on the way back
Central Hawke's Bay wave goodbye to the Bebbington Shield, but Wairoa chase the Barry Cup.
'Cowardly': Notorious mobster freed on parole after serving less than half his time
Poutawa 'Puk' Kireka says he has handed his gang patch back and left the Mongrel Mob.
'Get in there and help people': Teenage volunteer's efforts recognised
Emma Green won the 2026 Wackrow Memorial Youth Award.
38-tonne stator arrives as $95m hydro upgrade reaches final stage
The 38-tonne stator is one of Kaitawa’s largest-ever deliveries.
'Never had anything like it': The crisis that changed NZ, 10 years on
'People had every right to trust the public water supply was safe. That trust was broken.'
Napier cricketer makes NZ junior indoor team - at age 10
'He’s taken to it like a duck to water.'
'Significant victory': Older drivers to face fewer cognitive tests
'Safety must come first, but it should be based on the individual, not simply their age.'
Hawke's Bay man charged with using lighter to mimic firearm in armed robbery attempt
Two people were arrested after a man allegedly attempted an armed robbery in Waipukurau.
The 25 Hawke’s Bay and Tararua schools getting Govt scheme solar panels
Solar panels will be installed at these schools over three years.
After 2.4 million hours of work, Hawke's Bay's Cyclone Gabrielle highway repairs are complete
'There were plenty of days where you wonder whether you can last the duration of the job.'
Hastings council coffers boosted by massive crowds for Illuminate light show
Illuminate attracted 24,000 visitors over eight days, and turned a profit for the council.
They spent $110k on solar panels. What if a six-storey development shades the house?
'A high-rise built anywhere within that massive site will project a sweeping shadow.'
Check your phone, there’s probably a text on it you also wouldn’t want public
OPINION: This matters well beyond me, and well beyond politics.
From 61 to 21: The Hawke's Bay electorate MP who climbed 40 places on National's list
Two Hawke's Bay MPs dropped on the list – one skyrocketed.
'My teeth hurt': Hawke's Bay pair take on 3.6C water to become Frozen Ferns
Debbie Rodgers set an age-group world record in the 200m backstroke.
State Highway 5 reopens after logging truck trailer rolls
A logging truck’s trailer unit rolled south of Te Pōhue.