NEWS

Hawke's Bay Regional Council launches consultation about how it sets rates

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council will be seeking public feedback on proposed changes to its Revenue and Financing Policy from Friday, 1 December 2023. The Re...

Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi chair to engage new Government directly about concerns

Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Corporated (NKII) Executive Chair Bayden Barber plans to directly raise issues of concerns with the new National-led coalition Government....

Coalition Government Unveils 100-day Plan

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has laid out the Coalition Government’s plan for its first 100 days from today. “The last few years have been incr...

New Year's Eve festivities planned for Sound Shell

Napier’s favourite New Year’s Eve event at the iconic Soundshell is back for another year, providing all the goods for people young and old to farew...

Water conservation is critical this summer, say Councils

The Hastings District Council and Napier City Council have started a Know our Water campaign, aimed getting people to conserve water in what is predicted to be...

Three-vehicle crash blocks Hawke's Bay Expressway

A three-vehicle crash on the Hawke's Bay Expressway blocked caused delays for morning commuters. Police responded to the crash on the Hawke's Bay Expressway ar...

Video: Strong public submission to independent review into Civil Defence response to Cyclone Gabrielle

About 1,000 submissions have been made to the Independent Review into the Civil Defence response to Cyclone Gabrielle. The independent review was launched in A...

Napier City Council Annual Report reveals impact of Cyclone Gabrielle

The impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle across all areas of Council’s business have been laid out in detail in Napier City Council’s Annual Report. The re...

Gravel extraction underway at Waipawa

Tenders have been awarded by the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council to two contractors to remove up to 300,000 cubic meters of gravel from the Upper Tukituki ca...

SH2 south of Wairoa opens to one lane

State Highway 2 just south of Wairoa opened to one lane at midday today as work continues to clear a slip. Heavy rainfall over the weekend led to the slip, whi...

Woody debris being removed from rivers and beaches across the region

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and the Silt Recovery Taskforce continue to work hard to remove woody debris from beaches around bridges and from riverbanks...

SH2 south of Wairoa to remain closed overnight for safety

State Highway 2 just south of Wairoa will remain closed overnight following a large slip in the early hours of this morning. Heavy rainfall over the weekend le...

Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi looks to steady waka after challenging 12 months

There is light at the end of the tunnel for Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated (NKII) after unprecedented challenges in 2023 due to the impact of Cyclone Gabriell...

One person dies, another injured, following crash on SH2, south of Wairoa

One person has died and one has been seriously injured in a crash on State Highway 2 south of Wairoa this morning. Their car is reported to have collided with...

Car crashes into slip blocking State Highway 2, south of Wairoa

Emergency services are responding to a serious crash on State Highway 2, south of Wairoa. A car is reported to have collided with a slip blocking State Highway...

Video: Hawke’s Bay tourism set for a big summer after “mammoth’ Robbie Williams concerts

Hawke’s Bay tourism is set of a big summer after two “mammoth” Robbie Williams concerts which attracted scores of visitors to the region. In...

Emergency services respond to serious crash on SH2, Dannevirke

Emergency services are attending a serious crash on State Highway 2 northeast of Dannevirke. Police said the crash, involving multiple vehicles and people, hap...

Video: Man winched to safety following injury off Napier coast

A fisherman was winched to safety and taken to Hawke's Bay Hospital after injuring his arm off the Napier Coast.  Maritime New Zealand's Rescue Coordinati...

No collecting of shellfish

People are being warned not to collect shellfish from anywhere along the coast from Te Awanga to Bay View after harmful viruses and bacteria have been found in...

HazMobile collection postponed due to weather risk

A HazMobile event planned for tomorrow (Sunday) is being postponed due to the incoming weather warnings. The warning is for the area north of Napier, however,...