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When is an airport an airport? Turbulence is brewing in Hawke's Bay with accusations the region's airport is more focused on commercial business interests than actual aviation.

It all comes during a… Audio

Tons of perfectly good produce from New Zealand farms, orchards and processing plants, once destined for landfill, is being saved and filling fridges, pantries and hungry children's tummies around the… Audio

Hawke's Bay councils are launching a campaign on the controversial three waters reforms, getting locals to have their say, claiming the government hasn't listened to communities.

All councils in the… Audio

New earthquake modelling is due out this year that will raise the hazard levels in some places.

That will include large parts of Hawke's Bay, where the hospital in Hastings is already grappling with… Audio

Hawke's Bay health services are facing critical staff shortages due to a trifecta of illnesses with Covid-19, flu and norovirus.

As well as an stretched emergency department at the regions' hospital… Audio

The leader of the Bastion Point Takaparawhau occupation has been laid to rest on the land he fought to get back for his people today.

Joe Hawke, who was 82, died on Sunday.

Māni Dunlop and our… Video, Audio

The tangi for Joe Hawke comes to a close today with his burial at Takaparawhau, the very place where he led the iwi occupation to save the headland from becoming a housing development. Māni Dunlop… Audio

Hundreds continue to flow through Ōrākei marae in Tāmaki Makaurau to pay tribute to the late Joe Hawke.

He led the 506 day Takaparawhau Bastion Point occupation in the late '70s.

On this day 44… Audio

Prominent kaumatua, activist and leader of the long-running Takaparawhau occupation - Auckland's Bastion Point in the late 1970s, Joe Hawke, has died, aged 82. Born in Tāmaki Makaurau in 1940, Joseph… Audio

Born in Tamaki Makaurau in 1940, Joseph Parata Hohepa Hawke of Ngati Whatua ki Orakei, played a leading role in the occupation of Auckland's Bastion Point in the late 1970s. His niece, Precious Clark… Audio

Performed by the National Band of New Zealand and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Judd.

Recorded 17 May 2022, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert Audio

Time is putting pressure on local authorities around the country, after recent warnings that they have less than 20 years to confront decisions about low lying communities and rising sea levels.

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Speed limits across the entire highway network in Hawke's Bay could be dropped, as well as parts of its bordering regions.

Next year, Waka Kotahi will review the limit from Norsewood to Gisborne, as… Audio

Ash Davida Jane reviews Meat Lovers by Rebecca Hawkes, published by Auckland University Press Audio

Storm-damaged Tairāwhiti and Hawke's Bay are preparing for more heavy rain and wind tonight. 

It has been only three weeks since the regions experienced flooding and residents are being told to get… Audio

Storm-damaged Tairāwhiti and Hawke's Bay are bracing for the onslaught of more heavy rain tonight.
    
Former cyclone Fili is bearing down on the east coast of the North Island just three weeks… Audio

High Covid-19 hospitalisations in Hawke's Bay is concerning general practice doctors.

More than 150 people in the region have been hospitalised during Omicron outbreak and in recent weeks Hawke's Bay… Audio

Hawke's Bay has consistently had one of the highest, if not the highest, Covid-19 hospitalisation rate of any region in the country over recent weeks.

Doctors say they're stretched and terrified of… Audio

Māori health and social service providers in Te-Matau-a-Māui or Hawke's Bay are joining forces to support  thousands of struggling whānau to meet their basic needs as Omicron hits the community hard. 

It sounds nuts and it is - a plan to grow eco-friendly almonds in the Hawke's Bay. 

The Ministry for Primary Industries is funding $67,000 for a feasiblility study to see if the crop be grown… Video, Audio

One of the big winners in this week's NZ Cheese Awards was the Hōhepa Hawke's Bay cheesery. But Hōhepa is a cheese producer unlike any other.  Their products are crafted by artisan cheesemakers… Video, Audio

Central Hawke's Bay is the latest region to be battered by wild weather with 30 roads closed today.

While some have re-opened - significant closures are in place, coupled with water restrictions that… Video, Audio

The heavy rain that hit the Tairawhiti region over the past two days has moved south towards Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa.

Rain is still falling across the Gisborne region, but not as intensely.

About… Audio

Some Mahia residents spent an uneasy night away from their homes due to flooding in Hawke's Bay.

Wairoa's mayor confirmed about a dozen people have self-evacuated from low-lying areas.

Severe gales… Audio