NEWS
Face time with visiting China Minister a big boost for Hastings project
Getting to speak with China’s Minister of Culture and Tourism Luo Shugang to explain the massive project Hastings has organised for the China New Zealand...
CHB’s Little Easy ride is rolling around again
Registrations for the Little Easy CHB ride are rolling in as young and old get ready to cycle the fantastic Tuki Tuki Trail in Central Hawke’s Bay on Good...
Competition: Win tickets to the Enchanted Ball
The Enchanted Ball, one of the Bay’s more mysterious nights out, returns this Saturday, and you could win tickets for yourself and a partner to attend. T...
Hastings district kaitiaki celebrate first birthday
In their first year of operation the Hastings District Council kaitiaki have become a hugely valued, vital part of the council’s services to the community...
Arrest following death of Hastings man
Police investigating the death of a man in the Hastings suburb of Akina last night have arrested a 36-year-old woman. She has been charged with assault and is...
Suspicious death in Hastings
Police say they are investigating the death of a man in Akina, Hastings, which they are treating as suspicious. Emergency services were called to a residential...
Kimi kids up for playground build project
It would be hard to find kids more excited than the youngsters at Flaxmere’s Kimi Ora Community School. A $6 million rebuild of the school is due to star...
Tap water in some parts of Napier may be discoloured this week
Napier City Council is carrying out scheduled maintenance of the drinking water reticulation network this week and is warning the work may result in some reside...
Adventure Wairoa saw Wairoa District well-represented in awards
Adventure Wairoa did the Wairoa District volunteer community proud at the Trustpower National Community Awards in Tauranga over the past weekend. Russel McCrac...
Session to help migrants understand our school system
A free information session for migrants is being held in Napier tomorrow to explain how the New Zealand school system works. The speaker at the session will be...
Osmanthus Gardens in Hastings set to come to light
On Wednesday the switch will be flicked to light up Cornwall Park in Hastings for the start of the annual Osmanthus Gardens Lantern Festival. This will be the...
‘Raise Love with Biscuits’ campaign supporting Bay families with sick children
Hawke’s Bay real estate agent Chris Baylis has launched a campaign today to encourage the donation of biscuits in support of families who stay at Ronald M...
Napier City Council gets into the April Fools spirit
Napier City Council has marked the first of April by putting out a media release advising residents that in three months’ time, all dogs in the city will...
Students build nesting boxes for first on-port penguin sanctuary
Students at Napier Central School have joined forces with Napier Port to build 24 penguin nesting boxes that will be used in New Zealand’s first on-port p...
How one Bay company is helping solve our problem with plastic
The reality of our global plastic crisis has finally hit home. When China closed its door to the world’s waste, nations were forced to look at their plas...
Bay leads country for visitor spending growth in February
Visitor spending in Hawke’s Bay over the summer season reached record levels, according to the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates (MRTE) published...
Opinion: Our tikanga is a koha to the world
Māori have a unique koha to the world and it’s called tikanga which is our custom based on whakapapa, our relationship with all things animate and inanima...
Traffic lights turned on at Napier Port gate tomorrow
An initiative to improve the safety of motorists, pedestrians and cyclists at Napier Port’s heavily congested western entrance will reach completion tomor...
Police seek witnesses to expressway crash
Police are seeking witnesses to a two-vehicle crash on the Napier-Hastings Expressway this morning. The crash happened at around 8.45am, just north of the roun...
Hastings council tightens plastic recycling policy
Hastings district council has made a decision to restrict the types of plastics its contractors pick up during their kerb-side collections “to ensure that...
