Hawke's Bay

A Hawke's Bay woman whose family lost everything in the cyclone says they are one of the lucky ones - but the temporary accommodation they were given came with a catch.

A school has been in lockdown this afternoon after a report of a person with a firearm at a property in the Hastings suburb of Flaxmere.

Police have launched an investigation after a sudden death following disorder at a home in Hastings.

An investigation into a Hawke's Bay sanctuary has instead come down hard on the government department.

Radiologists warn ageing gear - which hit the headlines in Hawke's Bay this week - are putting patients at risk of misdiagnosis.

The Hawke's Bay settlement of Pakowhai lies between two cities, Napier and Hastings, and between two rivers which breached their banks during Cyclone Gabrielle inundating the district. Audio

A damning report Te Whatu Ora kept hidden for months using whistleblowing laws has finally been released.

Fire and Emergency received reports of the blaze at the unoccupied lodge on Marine Parade shortly after midnight.

Wild Game owners Jordan and Varnnah Hamilton-Bicknell were named Supreme Winner in the bacon and the ham categories of the 100% New Zealand Bacon & Ham Awards. Audio

A child has died after an accident involving a vehicle at a residential property in Central Hawke's Bay.

The mayor of Hastings says she is hopeful buyout negotiations with Category 3 property owners in the district will start in early October. Audio

Hawke's Bay's five councils must unanimously agree on the government's offer to help buy out cyclone-damaged homes for the proposal to go ahead.

The government has reached a deal to share the cost of buying out cyclone-damaged houses in Hawke's Bay, but it is still not known how it will split the bill with local councils. Audio

Police say members of a drug ring operating in Hawke's Bay had links to organised crime groups in Auckland.

More than half of Hawke's Bay residents with cyclone-damaged homes have been moved from the higher-risk categories 2 and 3 to the lower-risk category 1.

Police are treating the death of a man whose body was found at Whirinaki Beach in Hawke's Bay on Sunday as unexplained.

Hawke's Bay has a hospital with an overcrowded ED, ICU that is not fit for purpose and a scanning department that just lost its international accreditation.

ACC has waived one of its usual requirements after the medical scanning department at Hawke's Bay Hospital ran into trouble.

Help for storm-affected residents to pay rent has been called a "lifeline" by homeowners.