Local News - Hawke's Bay Today
Historic Hawke's Bay: Tough road back for Hannahs
The Marine Parade, Napier, property on which the building now known as "The Dome" is located, was once owned by the YMCA before the 1931 earthquake. The pre-1931 YMCA building contained a gym and offices on the top floor and sublet offices on the ground floor. One of the ground-floor offices contained accountants Robert Dobson &...
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Job fears for staff at Te Puni Kokiri
Workers at Hawke's Bay's two Te Puni Kokiri regional offices face uncertainty over job losses as the Crown's principal adviser on Maori issues looks to cut staff.
Prepared for emergency
Staff and students at Woodford House, Havelock North, chose the Hawke's Bay earthquake anniversary as the perfect day to learn about emergency responses with Red...
81 years on Quake survivors remember
The 81st Hawke's Bay Earthquake commemorations held yesterday in Hastings were extended to Canterbury residents who have suffered a similar ordeal in the past 12...
Life-saving 'pen' theft angers grandfather
CRUCIAL: Laura Abel and her mum, Kiki, with one of the replacement adrenalin "pens" the family had to urgently find in the wake of the theft of her bag.
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Marae greets new citizens
I think the way it's done, it gives you a little bit goose bumps, and I think 'wow' about all the effort people have gone to.Armando FaesHastings' population has...
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Pen-and-ink drawings capture our city
For the past 35 years Colin Milner has been recording history, not with words, but with pen and ink.
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Waitangi Day: Kapa haka group ready for...
When Adam McRae and his 33-strong kapa haka group Nga Manu Ata Korihi take the stage on Waitangi Day, he's banking on the entire Napier community to be there...
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Waitangi Day: Old, new songs drive teacher
It will be a case of something old and something new when Jackie Ham leads her group Parearau at the Ngati Kahungunu kapa haka regional competition on Waitangi Day.
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Waitangi Day:Hard work climaxes in...
Months of hard work and preparation are about to be put to the test for the five groups contesting the bi-annual Ngati Kahungunu kapa haka regional competition on...
At least five months until gorge re-opens
The amount of rubble blocking State Highway 3 through the Manawatu Gorge is equivalent to a building the size of a rugby field and 15 storeys high.The sheer volume...
- Mystery bones suggest sinister death: Curator
- 'Cowardly monster' jailed for blinding punch
- Young boy critcally injured after cars collide
- Silly journey for serious problem
Editorial: Re-opening but for how long
A couple of Saturdays ago I took a motorcycle down to Palmerston North.
- Eva Bradley: Time to look at things differently
- Letters to Editor: Risk, no rewards with fracking
- Text To Editor: 3/02/12
- Editorial: New insight on saddest day in Bay
Long, hard road for TB-busters
The Animal Health Board has just published a multimedia pack, which examines the financial and emotional impact of bovine tuberculosis on rural communities and the...
- Deer get marching orders
- Pear and apple exports steady
- King sees best days still ahead of him
- Bay shearers a cut above the rest at competitions
