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Bay teens face prosecution over Facebook sites

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Hastings police say prosecution cases have been brought against two Hawke's Bay teens who set up hate pages on Facebook and that other Hawke's Bay teens are risking arrest by setting up pages such as  "Taradale Confessions." The emergence of Facebook pages set up by Hawke's Bay teens to spread explicit...

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Reading Cinema in Hastings.

Shock closure of city cinema

The curtains are coming down on 80 years of cinematic history when Reading Cinemas closes its Hastings theatre on Sunday night, making the town the only...

LOW BLOW: Ian Glenny drives his car through roadworks on Norton Rd, Hastings, where his vehicle's undercarriage scraped last week. PHOTO/PAUL TAYLOR HBT104661-01

Rocky road angers resident

Hastings man Ian Glenny hopes the rocky ride around a neighbourhood street will soon be fixed after damage to his car which "bellied"

EDUCATED: Hawke's Bay will be one of the first regions to trial a water safety programme targeting Maori and Pacific Island children.PHOTO/SUPPLIED HBT120597-01

Praise for Bay water safety

The tragic drowning of a Palmerston North mother at an idyllic Hawke's Bay beach was the sole water death recorded for Hawke's Bay last year.

ADVENTURE: David Miller was invited to represent New Zealand at the inaugural Snow Polo World Cup invitational tournament in Tianjin, China, from February 4 to 12.

From some sunshine to snowfall

Local man Dave Miller will switch a sweltering weekend of competition at the Hawke's Bay Open for a long plane ride to

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King sees best days still ahead of him

PRIME: At age 35 Napier shearer Dion King is ready to kick his sport into a higher gear. PHOTO/DOUG LAING It's five years since Napier shearer Dion King set the world nine-hour lambshearing record, and almost another year since he won the ultimate prize, the Golden... Have your say

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Travel: Up a lazy river

At Tubairata village we are introduced to Fijian customs, such as drinking kava, and enjoying lunch with our village hosts. Photo / Supplied Expatriate Fijian Anendra Singh returns to see how his homeland is faring, and discovers he can no longer stand the heat Have your say

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