Hawke's Bay

Renowned constitutional expert and Māori advocate Dr Moana Jackson has been laid to rest at Matahiwi marae in Hawke's Bay.

Napier's council hopes new bores will help solve the dirty brown water problems plaguing the city's taps.

A Wairoa farming leader says the relentless rain still falling in northern Hawke's Bay is like a recurring nightmare and farmers are beside themselves.

Police are welcoming a court order that has stripped assets and cash from a senior Mongrel Mob member.

Flooding is occurring again around Wairoa and some residents in the northern Hawke's Bay town have now been evacuated.

Trucks carrying logs and stock are adding five hours to their journey while a vital coast link is cut off due to flooding in the Tairāwhiti region.

Central Hawke's Bay District Council is anticipating an expensive bill as it prepares to clean up from heavy rain that has hit the area over the past two days.

Part of the highway round the East Coast is reopening temporarily, as many roads in Tairāwhiti remain impassable after two days of torrential rain.

MetService says the rain has the potential to be an "extreme event" and people are urged to keep up to date with advice in case the warnings are escalated.

Police say they have executed search warrants to take back property they allege belongs to a man facing significant drugs charges.

A young man who caused the death of an RSE worker while driving a van on the Napier-Taupō highway has been convicted and disqualified from driving for 12 months.

A homeless mother of six young children and a newborn baby says she had no option but to pitch a tent in a Hawke's Bay park during a storm after Work and Income refused to help her.

Hawke's Bay Hospital has had to scale back some of its services and operations, as the number of Covid patients in the hospital grows. Audio

An inquiry is underway after the discovery of a man's body in the Karamu Stream this morning.

Winemakers in New Zealand's oldest and second-largest wine region are worried Omicron will disrupt their busiest time of the year - the grape harvest.

The new spending will help with the management of deer and other predators at the Kaimanawa and Kaweka Forest Parks.

The government has ditched a Whakaari/ White Island Memorandum of Understanding.

More than 1kg of methamphetamine has been seized and nine people have been arrested, including gang members, in Wairoa, Hawke's Bay.