NEWS
Police urge witnesses to Wairoa stabbing to come forward
Police have issued a plea for witnesses following a serious assault in Wairoa in the early hours of Sunday morning. A 27-year-old man presented himself at Wair...
Opinion: Pepi, The Peak and P
Two weeks into another term for the Iwi and things have been a rocking, rolling helter skelter. Seven members of one whānau wiped off the face of this earth in...
Connecting teachers to nature
Thanks to a collaboration between Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, Cape to City and Enviroschools education facilitators, teachers wanting to take their stud...
Police make fresh plea for information about Akina death
Police are appealing to the public for further information relating to a suspicious death in the Hastings suburb of Akina last month. Jermaine Ramos, aged 33,...
CHB council wants Government to ‘recognise regional housing crisis’
Central Hawke’s Bay District Council is calling for “recognition of a regional housing crisis that goes beyond just Napier and Hastings”. The...
Recycling collection changes in Napier next week
From next Monday (May 20) only plastics marked with a 1 or 2 will be collected by Napier City Council’s recycling contractor. The international market fo...
Vic Crone’s message for the Bay: Innovate, improve and reap the benefits
Think global, act local is no cliché when it comes to business. There is more than one way to find business success, but one way is proven – harne...
Teenager charged following ram-raids on stores in Napier
Police have confirmed they have charged an 18-year-old man in relation to a series of ram-raids on shops in the Napier CBD over the past week. The teenager was...
Name release - Serious crash near Hastings
Police can now name the two people who died following a serious crash on Taihape Road, Omahu, near Hastings on Friday 10 May. They were Kirsty Michelle Parsons...
Hawke’s Bay on show to the world at Rotorua tourism conference
Hawke’s Bay tourism operators will be among more than 1,500 domestic and international delegates descending on Rotorua this week for New Zealand’s l...
New production of Les Miserables begins in Napier this Week – with a twist
A production of Les Miserables begins in Napier this week, and there’s a surprising connection to a major educational institution. Les Miserables one of...
Review: The Proclaimers at Black Barn
Thick Scottish accents and enthusiastic revellers filled front-and-centre at Black Barn’s amphitheatre on Sunday evening. Many of the up-front devotees o...
Flaxmere community exercise classes recognised
The popular senior strength and balance classes run at the Flaxmere Community Centre have been accredited by ACC (the Stronger for Longer lead agency in Hawke&r...
Sport scholarships a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
“My sport is extremely expensive and self-funded, so the Sports Hawke’s Bay and EIT Sports Scholarship allow me to keep representing New Zealand whi...
Region’s trails will be busy with HB Marathon this weekend
This year the Air New Zealand Hawke’s Bay Marathon makes the most of the Hawke’s Bay Trails that meander through our coastal reserves and river corr...
Nurses to network in Napier tomorrow
Hawke’s Bay nurses will convene in Napier tomorrow for the annual New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) Te Matau a Māui / Hawke’s Bay Regional Conv...
Bay students compete for a spot in national culinary competition final
Yesterday, seven culinary students from around Hawke’s Bay competed for their place in the National Secondary Schools Culinary Competition grand final. T...
Craggy Range track remediation hearings date set
Twenty-six submissions on the Hastings District Council’s publicly notified application to remediate the remainder of the Craggy Range track have been rec...
Celebrate DiverCity on Saturday
The Soundshell is the place to be this Saturday (May 18) as Napier celebrates its many multi-cultural communities in style. Celebrating Cultural DiverCity, whi...
Police chase after overnight ram raids in central Napier
Police are investigating a series of ram-raid style burglaries at commercial premises across the Napier CBD recently. Senior Sergeant Neale Saunders says Short...
