Hawke's Bay

Napier police are seeking more information about an alleged assault on three men in the city on Saturday 27 May.

Analysis - Hawke's Bay dodged a much worse cellphone and internet blackout in Cyclone Gabrielle when fuel supplies ran critically low, papers show. Audio

Oliver Candy, one of New Zealand's last living World War II veterans, still remembers the moment he heard the war had ended.

Amid national outrage over the treatment of a kiwi at Miami Zoo, DOC and a private sanctuary are under investigation over whether our national birds have been mistreated here at home.

Three teenagers have been charged following an aggravated robbery at a service station on Hyderabad Road in Napier.

Napier Port said its first half had been strong with an uplift in container volumes and a return of cruise ships, but the outlook has been tempered by the impact of the cyclone.

Four people have been arrested after more than 80 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in pallets arrived at Napier Port in March.

It is a welcome boost for the wine industry as it recovers from Cyclone Gabrielle.

Residents affected by Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland floods say their accommodation money is running out.

Napier has received a shipment of back-up generators to run its stormwater pump stations, more than two years after it identified they were needed.

Māori place names are being added to new road signs in Hastings.

The Hawke's Bay District Council is questioning whether enough funds have been allocated from Budget 2023 to repair the damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle.

The Labour Party has revealed its new candidate to contest the Napier seat, replacing the disgraced Stuart Nash.

A group of volunteer students say they will work "bloody hard" to finish re-fencing a 30 kilometre stretch of farmland in Hawke's Bay this week.

The Hawke's Bay meatworks was sentenced after a teenage worker who was just weeks into the job was seriously injured by a cutting machine in October 2020.

Advocates warn mental health services will not be able to cope with the rising tide of post-cyclone trauma.

New Zealand has had decades of warnings about the effects of deforestation of hillsides, draining of wetlands and building behind stopbanks, a freshwater expert says.

New Zealand needs to prepare for the reality that weather events such as Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland Anniversary floods will continue to happen 'more and more', the finance minister says. Audio

The devastated stretch of SH2 between Napier and Wairoa has reopened, and reporter Kate Green drove the highway to get an early glimpse of how it lies now.