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Hawke's Bay's wall of red

Hawke's Bay's wall of red The Labour Party will have a wall of red on the Hawke’s Bay coast with Stuart Nash, Anna Lorck, Meka Whaitiri and Kieren McAnult...

Clean sweep for Labour in Hawke’s Bay electorates

Hawke’s Bay is bathed in red tonight as Labour looks set to have a clean sweep in the Napier, Tukituki, Ikaroa-Rawhiti and Wairarapa electorates. Stuart...

Live Hawke's Bay Election 2020 updates.

Napier: 100% counted Stuart Nash (Labour) Wins Tukituki: 100% counted Anna Lorck (Labour) Wins Ikaroa-Rāwhiti: 98.6% counted Meka Whaitiri (Labour) ahead Wai...

Anna Lorck wins Tukituki

Labour's Anna Lorck has won the Tukituki electorate on her third attempt. She has beaten National incumbent Lawrence Yule by a mere 772 votes with all the prel...

National candidate concedes defeat in Wairarapa to McAnulty

Wairarapa's National candidate and newcomer Mike Butterick has conceded defeat. With 91.8 per cent of votes cast counted as of 10.20pm, Butterick sits more tha...

Meka Whaitiri set to retain seat.

Labour’s incumbent Ikaroa Rawhiti MP and former Cabinet Minister Meka Whaitiri looks likely to retain her position in the electorate despite strong opposi...

Third-time lucky Lorck set to storm in.

The longtime blue Tutukituki seat could turn red by the end of this evening, with Labour's candidate Anna Lorck ahead. However, National's candidate and incumb...

Nash nervous despite early lead.

The two top candidates vying for the seat in the Napier electorate are anxiously awaiting the final result. Napier's Labour candidate and incumbent Stuart Nash...

A matter of hours before all is revealed.

There was an air of excitement at polling booths today, as a steady stream of people filed in to have their say in this year's General Election and referendums....

Three new imported cases of COVID-19, nine recoveries.

There are three new cases of COVID-19 to report from managed isolation in New Zealand today. The imported historical case will be officially reported in the Mi...

Central Districts Cricket launches new Super League

Central Districts Cricket is delighted to announce the formation of a new women's cricket competition, designed to take the CD female game to the next leve...

Final chance for voters to have their say.

Despite a false start, election day is finally here, and people have until 7pm to have their say in what is arguably the most important decision this year &ndas...

Tui empty tanks in 40th anniversary clash

Three members of the first Hawke's Bay women's rugby team to play against Manawatu 40 years ago were at Napier's McLean Park tonight. Liz Huata (nee Paraha), O...

Late replacement shines as Magpies retain shield

Talk about making the most of a late call up ... Hawke's Bay Magpies rugby winger Neria Fomai certainly did tonight. Fomai only found out he was starting in to...

Opinion – Nash likely to continue as Napier MP but bright future for Nimon

To be quite blunt, Napier’s incumbent MP and Labour Cabinet Minister Stuart Nash had it easy in the previous two elections when he crushed two unelectable...

Opinion: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti poised to be well represented in Parliament

There is a growing possibility that up to three candidates contesting the Māori electorate of Ikaroa-Rāwhiti could find themselves elected to Parliament this we...

All up for grabs in two Hawke’s Bay electorates

The frontrunners in two of the Hawke’s Bay seats are expressing confidence but are leaving nothing to chance by campaigning right up to the end. The Tuki...

Update: Today's case under investigation confirmed as historical

The person reported earlier today as having returned a weak positive COVID-19 test result has now been confirmed as having a historical infection and is therefo...

Hawkes Bay Tui vs Manawatu Cyclones Live on the Hawke's Bay App from 4:30pm

Hawkes Bay Tui vs Manawatu Cyclones Live on the Hawke's Bay App from 4:30pm   Does your sports team have a big game coming up? Tell is about it by ema...

One suspected historical case and four new imported cases of COVID-19.

There are four new cases of COVID-19 to report from managed isolation in New Zealand today. There is one suspected historical case currently being investigated...