Hawke's Bay

A small rural district in the North Island is facing rates rises like it hasn't seen in years as it grapples with an historic lack of investment.

The owner of the Thirsty Whale, where a stray bullet from a nearby shootout injured a staff member, says the government is "delusional" about its efforts to quash gangs.

A Napier bar owner says a shooting that left one of his staff injured is a product of the worst gang tensions he's ever seen.

A police officer has been hospitalised after being struck by a fleeing vehicle in Havelock North last night.

Police say they have cracked down on gangs in Wairoa in northern Hawke's Bay, arresting 15 people after tensions rose this year.

Hawke's Bay Regional Council has pushed back on adding Māori wards immediately and will hear what the public thinks before any decision is made.

Iwi and the regional council in Hawke's Bay are disputing why streams in the region are drying up this summer.

Acting chief medical and dental officer Michael Park said losing the accreditation would not affect patient care or the current intake of trainees.

A Hawke's Bay farmer caught up in the response to a bovine TB outbreak says they're not getting the support they need to stay afloat.

This year's Art Deco Festival in Napier has been cancelled for the first time in its history, due to Covid-19.

Three men will spend about four years in jail after bashing a man and to leaving him to die in Hastings.

One general manager told RNZ he is only sleeping four hours a night these days as he worries about the future with few fruit pickers available.

Hawke's Bay has had a spate of suspicious scrub fires with about seven blazes in two weeks, local firefighters say.

State Highway 51 near Napier has reopened after a fatal motorcycle crash.

Two brand new artificial reefs have been built off the coast of Napier to enhance marine life and provide more space for fishing.

People in Napier are being urged to stay out of the Ahuriri Estuary after 1000 litres of hydochloric acid spilled onto a nearby street.

Wairoa in Hawke's Bay had a 63.5 percent increase in median house prices, by far the highest growth rate of any district in the country.

A 99-year-old remembers the struggles in the aftermath of the Hawke's Bay earthquake in 1931 that shattered and destroyed much of the region.

Police are investigating the killing of a horse and suspicious shed fire in Hawke's Bay - two incidents thought to be gang-related.

Residents who live by an empty industrial yard in Hastings heard nothing before police were called to a death nearby this morning.