The Hawke's Bay Regional Council has been cleared by the Office of the Auditor General from claims Transparent Hawke's Bay made against it.
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Gull petrol station on Omahu Rd is closed due to smoke and fire damage following a blaze in the early hours of Monday morning.
Taradale mother Tracey Gibb is giving up the battle for a permanent streetside memorial to her son killed while cycling to school.
Nigel and Jacqueline Burbury are one step away from abandoning their Moore Rd orchard because there won't be enough water next year to grow fruit on the 24ha property they've worked for 22 years.
Local retailers are still selling a synthetic...
Locals are warning against the effects of K2 and...
The leader of a Napier group who fought to ban...
Police welcome today's ban of two chemicals found...
Expect some tension in Tom Parsons' Hastings flat towards the end of this week.
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A 27-year-old man charged with an assault that left a man in his 50s in hospital for more than a week appeared in the Napier District Court yesterday to stand trial.
On a visit to what he described as the "rural heartland", Prime Minister John Key was in Dannevirke yesterday backing a major water storage project and oil exploration.
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Hastings District Council has put webcasting on hold until it finds out whether it'll be merged with other Hawke's Bay councils, a change likely to be made clear at the end of this year.
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Woodford House matrons fighting in court for sleepover pay were given flats on site and provided with meals, internet, and phone access as part of their employment, a court has heard.
the answer is simple close these schools down and send the kids to colenso
1171 people and one dog registered for the Coast to Coast, walking and running... more
About 100 people marched to the HB Regional Council offices to protest a lack... more
About a thousand people turned out to see the Horse of the Year parade through... more
Hawke's Bay is one part of New Zealand which gets very dry over the summer... more
The Triple Peaks Challenge, organised by the Kiwi Adventure Trust, celebrated... more
The third race in the IronKids Triathlon Series was held yesterday, where... more
An Egyptian Belly Dance, Indian and Irish dancers along with kapa haka... more
Emotions ran high at the annual Relay For Life event with hoards of passionate... more
Barry Gibb wowed the Mission Concert 2013 with a string of Bee Gees hits. more
For this year's Mission Concert artist Barry Gibb, the moment was clearly... more
Thousands of people enjoyed 2013 Waitangi Day celebrations at two events on... more
Hawke's Bay Today is launching a new compact newspaper on 25 February. ... more
Sir Paul Holmes has left his Hawke's Bay home in a moving ceremony, with a... more
Well-travelled British band The Hollies produced a polished performance backed... more
Family, friends and media descended on Hawke's Bay Airport this week to welcome... more
Sir Paul Holmes has been knighted by Governor General at his Mana Lodge estate... more
A combination of beauty and brains impressed the judges leading to southern... more
Broadcasting legend Sir Paul Holmes died peacefully at his home in Hawke's Bay... more
The annual Better Home and Living Show is back in the Bay this week and features over 120 exhibitors from across the North Island.
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Conservative Party leader Colin Craig says his Twitter account was hacked after an offensive tweet was posted on his feed. The tweet appeared on his page early this afternoon but it was removed within five minutes. In that time it was retweeted 54 times and favourited seven times. Mr Craig said his Twitter account had been hacked and that he did not post the tweet. He later posted a message on his page thanking people for alerting him to the recent hacking of his account. "Passwords reset and security investigation now under way," he said. "Obviously we've regained control of our Twitter…
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