Tribute to Joshua Bennie gone
Taradale mother Tracey Gibb is giving up the battle for a permanent streetside memorial to her son killed while cycling to school.
Local News
Wed 22 May 2013
Plea: 'Give us water or orchard dies'
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...
Judge tells accused to leave Bay
A Samoan national accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in a Flaxmere park has been banned from returning to Hawke's Bay unless he is due to appear in court.
Irrigation game changer: PM
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...
Better Home Living Show back in town
The annual Better Home and Living Show is back in the Bay this week and features over 120 exhibitors from across the North Island.
Tue 21 May 2013
No Blades link to car in forest
An abandoned car found in a forest near Taupo this month is not connected with the disappearance of hitchhiker Mona Blades almost 38 years ago, police say.
Scooting in with slam dunk for Kenzie
As anyone who has seen them on court when they are in seriously "let's have fun" mode will tell you, the Harlem Globetrotters cannot fail to make you smile.
Broadcaster enters race for Labour role
Hawke's Bay has three people competing for the Labour Party candidacy for the Ikaroa Rawhiti by-election.
Pain at the petrol pump
Hawke's Bay motorists are bracing for another petrol price hike, with excise tax set to rise by nine cents a litre by July 2015.
We need a hand: Police rebuke elderly's claims
Police have hit back at claims they have not responded to crime around Flaxmere's Swansea retirement village and are calling on the community to help them catch the...
No one wanted to stop it, says assault victim
A Canadian security industry worker who was kicked numerous times in the head while trying to stop an early-morning assault in Napier is surprised almost no one...
Accused covered in blood, court told
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.
War of words over information
Central Hawke's Bay mayor Peter Butler wants to scrap work reorganising the region's five councils and is calling for the lengthy process to start over.
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...
Mon 20 May 2013
Violence at Bay bars
A barman was robbed at gunpoint and assaulted while four patrons were attacked outside another pub in two violent episodes at the weekend.
Penguins safe in new homes
For the latest residents of Tait's Beach north of Napier the news could not have been better.
Elderly group living in fear of crime spree
A group of elderly Flaxmere residents have had enough of the "thugs" that rule the streets around their retirement village and neighbourhood, after four cars were...
Crash drivers billed over $100k
At fault drivers are being held to account by the New Zealand Transport Agency, with invoices for damage to roads totalling over $1 million last year.
Silence bliss' after trucks given temporary re-route
A long-time campaigner for getting heavy trucks off Marine Parade has said the days and early mornings have become "bliss" since a temporary detour has been...
Kids' bike track 'just like the real thing'
A Junior Bike Track complete with traffic lights, roundabouts and traffic signs, will be officially opened on Marine Parade in eight days' time.
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