Power prices hitting women
At-risk Hawke's Bay women are struggling to stay warm with constantly rising power prices.
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Brief visit from the Navy
The weather was grey but the maritime landscape off Hardinge Rd in Ahuriri yesterday was even greyer as one of the Royal New Zealand Navy's inshore patrol vessels paid a visit.
Apple prices take hit over certification
A shipment of Hawke's Bay apples held up by Russian border authorities for 11 days in March probably lost value, says Pipfruit New Zealand CEO Alan Pollard.
Council makes funding bid to build trail to Central HB
A cycle and walking trail connecting Hastings with Central Hawke's Bay should be next on the list of pathways funded by the New Zealand Cycle Trails scheme.
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North Clyde: Park plan for ex lumber mill
A lumber mill placed into liquidation could be converted into a community park - if Wairoa District Council agrees to to buy the 2.8ha property.
Spotlight on K2
'Compliant' K2 quickly available
Local retailers are still selling a synthetic...
The horrors of K2: case studies
Locals are warning against the effects of K2 and...
Nanny Brigade marching on
The leader of a Napier group who fought to ban...
Police hail chemical ban
Police welcome today's ban of two chemicals found...
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Country to Coast 2013
1171 people and one dog registered for the Coast...
Oil Exploration Protest, Napier 2013
About 100 people marched to the HB Regional...
Horse of The Year Parade, Hastings
About a thousand people turned out to see the...
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Further delay in pre trial for Peter Beckett
A pre-trial hearing for a former Napier man accused of murdering his wife in Canada has been adjourned.
Editorial: From PM to escapee, it's place to be
I remember our bus pulling up at windy rugby grounds in Dannevirke, circa 1987.
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Council webcasts on hold
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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I think more like they don't want the other councils to know their defensive strategy over amalgamation, no sense in broadcasting to the other side hehe. But for the level of interest which would be on par with second or third tier sporting events...
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Sleepover staff given 'benefits'
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.
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the answer is simple close these schools down and send the kids to colenso
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Sport
Anendra Singh: Lose the soft touch
The gospel of mediocrity is about to take hold of high schools and clubs if rugby bosses have their way.
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Blogs
Editorial: The price of an orange
I declare I have been well and truly stung.
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Join the conversation Your right Linda, a stupid orange and blatant tax grab. And look at what happens when they find something with bugs on that border security tv show. They wave the offending item about and ohh and ahh over it then drop it in a bin to be incinerated some...
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Business
Growers go for gold
In 2010/11 it exported 30 million trays of gold compared with 13 million this year.
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Powerful 8.0 earthquake strikes Russia
A powerful earthquake has hit Russia's Far East with slight tremors spreading westwards as far as Moscow. Marina Kolomiyets, spokeswoman for Obninsk's seismic station of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said Friday the epicenter was in the Sea of Okhotsk, east of the Russian coast and north of Japan. She said the quake registered 8.0 on the Richter scale. Emergency agencies in the Far East issued a tsunami warning for Sakhalin and the Kuril islands, but lifted it soon afterwards. Kolomiyets said the earthquake originated 600 kilometres underground and with the tremors so far down they have…
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