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Five-star hotel cancels bookings amid receivership; customer told no refund
'It is really sad to hear this has happened. It was a wonderful place.'
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Are you Lower Hutt's new millionaire? Where last night's winning Lotto tickets were sold
Lotto's Powerball jackpot has rolled over to $15m.
New dean on her appointment – and her aims to save iconic Napier cathedral
The Very Reverend Ruihana Paenga is the first Māori dean of Waiapu.
Napier woman reunited with uncle's war medals after 20-year mystery
Joan Patten hopes her story inspires others to keep searching for missing family medals.
'I don’t want to visit that place again': Why mobility loss isn't inevitable
'When you’re just sitting, waiting for the day to pass ... that’s not living.'
'Very lucky': Gardener rescued after falling 25m down bank
Firefighters say the ground gave way around the man and he tumbled down through trees.
'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.
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.'
Land acquisition hurdle for $350m Hawke's Bay roading project
After failed attempts to negotiate a sale, the Crown is looking at compulsory acquisition.
Three weeks set down for trial in Kaea Karauria murder case
The trial will take place in Palmerston North, starting on October 27.
Napier has a new millionaire - where last night's winning lotto ticket was sold
Powerball has jackpotted to $10m after nobody claimed the big prize.
Sheep and socials: The Hawke's Bay farmers living a second life as influencers
'I’m not trying to chase followers ... it’s just putting up what we do.'
Why one man stole tip jars from businesses around Hawke's Bay
Joshua Condliffe's offending went viral when cafe shared video showing him taking the jar.
Napier shivers through its second coldest August morning ever recorded
Hawke's Bay Airport fell to -3.5C, its coldest August temperature in more than 50 years.
Wool market cools, but growers still ahead
'We’ve gone through a very sharp peak, but we’re still ahead of last year.'
They're just some goats? No, they're Napier Hill goats
The goats on the cliff have caught motorists' attention - and they're eating fruit trees.
Napier council cracks down on signs advertising political meetings
Candidate says council's wasting ratepayer money 'searching for public meeting signs'.
Restriction zone eased for paramedic who sexually assaulted patients in ambulance
Christopher King was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison in 2014.
'Worry every time we walk out': 50 strikes for firefighters a milestone they never wanted
'It’s not a celebration, we shouldn’t be here at all.'
The Years Ahead: When home becomes too quiet
Mary lost her husband three years ago. The evenings are the hardest.
A $44k bill and counting: The rising cost of your teen having talent
Paula has borrowed money and downsized the family's home to afford her son's chess career.
The 87-year-old travelling solo after losing his wife
'I thought about it a lot, and I know that she would have been telling me to do it.'
'Changed the course of our son’: Tributes after beloved school counsellor dies
Nothing and no one was 'too much trouble' for Rob Silver.
Man, 21, arrested after courier van stolen in Napier
Hawke's Bay police cordoned off a suburban street to make the arrest.
One person dies in Hawke’s Bay highway crash
Nine people were injured in several serious crashes around the region over the weekend.
Stuart and Sarah Nash’s last political interview: ‘Stuart is many things, but he is not sexist’
'I just think it was an easy way to get Stuart out of the picture.'
Stuart Nash's NZ First replacement has 'some sympathy' for him
Te Kira Lawrence says she gets on well with Nimon and wants a debate about cost of living.
'Deeply shocking': Live ammo discovered in wool plant
Eight live rounds were found in a wool processing tray at the Awatoto factory.
Jones says Nash saga would have been distraction during election
The high-ranking NZ First minister responds to Nash's departure for the first time.
Stuart Nash 'out of touch' National MP Katie Nimon | Ryan Bridge TODAY
Nash resigned as NZ First's Napier candidate on Wednesday night. Video / Ryan Bridge TODAY