NEWS
Farming communities continue to grapple with challenges one month on from Cyclone Gabrielle.
As the post-cyclone recovery continues, Farming communities across Hawke's Bay are continuing to grapple with a range of issues.
Te Wero Tournament's 50th Anniversary provides much need respite for Hawke's Bay community.
This year marked the 50th Anniversary of the Te Wero Competition. Encompassing Rugby and Netball, the history of the tournament stems from the 28th Maori Batta...
SH5 Napier-Taupō Rd to reopen to all traffic during the day from Monday
State Highway 5, the Napier-Taupō Rd, will reopen to all traffic during the day from 7am on Monday. The road has been closed for a month after significant dama...
Video: Central Hawke's Bay Mayor shows how Waipawa river flooded part of the town
A month on from Cyclone Gabrielle hitting the region, Central Hawke’s Bay Mayor Alex Walker recounted the day the water came rushing through. Walke...
Family Open day set to raise funds for Mayoral Flood Relief Fund
A family open day at the Hawke’s Bay Community Fitness Centre Trust facilities will double as be a Cyclone Gabriel fundraiser on March 25. Hawke’s...
Hawke's Bay Compilation Record Showcase - Arahi
Celebrating the launch of Hawke's Bay's second exclusive compilation album, Under the Sun Vol.2, by showcasing each of the artists who have been carefully chosen to appear on it.
Video: Hawke's Bay teachers' join nationwide strike action
Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary School teachers', representing two unions, were out in force in Hawke's Bay as part of a nationwide strike. The New...
Video: Hawke’s Bay Emergency controller explains his South Island tramping trip before Cyclone Gabrielle hit
Hawke’s Bay’s top emergency management controller has explained his decision to go tramping in the South Island before Cyclone Gabrielle, saying he...
Search area for Joseph Ahuriri extended, say police
Police Search and Rescue (SAR) personnel are extending their search for missing Gisborne man Joseph Ahuriri into remote areas north of Bay View. Ahuriri...
Video: Development in Hawke’s Bay’s hazard zones needs to stop, says region's top emergency controller
Hawke’s Bay’s long-term risk reduction is of concern and development in hazard zones needs to stop, says the region’s top emergency controller...
Video: Hope and optimism remains for Twyford grower despite cyclone devastation
The mud and silt may have dried and the water subsided, but the devastation caused to Jerf van Beek’s house and orchards by Cyclone Gabrielle is still rea...
Stuart Nash resigns as Police Minister after admitting making controversial phone call to Police Commissioner
Napier MP Stuart Nash has resigned as Police Minister after revealing this morning that he made a controversial phone call to the Commissioner of Police about a...
Monster tractor gets stock moving at Rissington
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s “monster” tractor is helping get stock across the river at Rissington after the bridge was destroyed.&nbs...
Hawke's Bay Compilation Record Showcase - Campbell Burns
Celebrating the launch of Hawke's Bay's second exclusive compilation album, Under the Sun Vol.2, by showcasing each of the artists who have been carefully chosen to appear on it.
Video: Right tree, right place and right management regime important after slash damage, says Stuart Nash
Despite the damage slash caused to East Coast infrastructure after Cyclone Gabrielle, the Forestry Minister still believes forestry is the answer, but says it i...
Keriana Brooking appointed as Hawke’s Bay’s Interim Recovery Manager
Keriana Brooking, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and former CE of Hawke’s Bay DHB, has been shoulder-tapped to be interim Recover Manager for Hawke&r...
Major milestone for SH5 recovery with freight convoys underway
About 30 heavy vehicles were some of the first to travel State Highway 5 between Taupo and Napier since Cyclone Gabrielle devastated the route, as part of a fre...
Hawke's Bay Compilation Record Showcase - Danica Byrant
Celebrating the launch of Hawke's Bay's second exclusive compilation album, Under the Sun Vol.2, by showcasing each of the artists who have been carefully chosen to appear on it.
Industry works with Napier Council on Awatoto recovery
The Napier City Council and an Awatoto working group are meeting multiple times a week in a bid to get the industrial area up and running following the devastat...
Video: Getting help for isolated Wairoa was Mayor’s first priority after Cyclone
With no power or communications to his Wairoa farm on the morning after Cyclone Gabrielle struck, Mayor Craig Little knew he needed to get help to his isolated...
