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Clouds loom ominously over Hawke's Bay with the Antarctic blast expected to bring snow, heavy rain and strong winds.

Weather Warning: Icy blast on the way

Hawke's Bay residents are being warned of possible snow, sleet and severe gale conditions in anticipation of the Antarctic blast forecast to reach the region early tomorrow morning.

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  • 10:00 AM Jun 20th

Wairau 'feared for his life'

Aspiring politician Maurice Wairau will continue his campaign contesting the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election despite his brush with the law at the weekend.

  • Lawrence Gullery

Long lost cat returns home

Tommy the cat has finally been found after spending eleven long weeks living on the streets.

  • Kelsey Wilkie

Wallet thief sentenced

A woman was sentenced in court yesterday under the same roof where her "cheeky" offending took place just months earlier.

  • Anna Ferrick
Prime Minister John Key receives a hongi from Flaxmere College head boy Niko Hungahunga.

Key welcomed at two schools

Education was the focus of Prime Minister John Key's visit yesterday starting with Tumu Timbers' manufacturing facility in Hastings where he viewed its automated pallet-making facility.

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  • Patrick O'Sullivan

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Mother-of-two Gail Bower's body was found in the backyard of her Havelock North home.

Protection order breached: Police

A man accused of stabbing to death the mother of his children in Havelock North this month was allegedly breaching a protection order when police say he went to her home and murdered her, charges before court reveal.

Family learn of death via radio

Family learn of death via radio

The family of a Dunedin man found dead in a Thai apartment complex are distraught and angry they learnt of his death through media reports rather than police yesterday. Alan Patrick Mouncey, 38, was found dead with a head wound in the bathroom of his apartment at P Place Apartments in Pattaya, a tourist mecca on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand on Monday night. The Dunedin-born man, who held a British passport, was discovered in the third floor apartment by a housekeeper. Thai news agencies reported that Mr Mouncey's body was sent to the Police Forensic Institute in Bangkok for a post-mortem…

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