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Hawke's Bay mayors are divided over new water reforms, despite all of them singing from the same song sheet less than six months ago.

The breakdown comes as the mayor of an isolated rural district… Audio

To Hawke's Bay now where orchardists are desperate to find more apple pickers. The season is in full swing But with the borders closed, fewer seasonal workers can get here. MSD schemes like "5k to… Audio

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 Central Hawke's Bay District Council mayor… Audio

Iwi and the regional council in Hawke's Bay are at loggerheads over why streams are drying up this summer.

The council first told RNZ it's just a natural occurrence, but admitted there was more to it… Audio

Today marks 90 years since New Zealand's deadliest natural disaster.

The Hawke's Bay earthquake struck the cities of Napier and Hastings, killing 256 people.

The quake's anniversary was marked with… Video, Audio

Today marks 90 years since New Zealand's deadliest natural disaster.

The Hawke's Bay earthquake on February the 3rd, 1931 killed 256 people, turning Napier and Hastings to rubble.

The cities were… Audio

Today marks 90 years since the Hawke's Bay earthquake.

At 10.47am on Tuesday, February the third 1931, a 7.8 magnitude shake all but levelled Napier and Hastings. Hamilton Logan, who was six at the… Audio

Streams in the Hawke's Bay have dried up after being deep enough to swim just one week ago.

Authorities say conditions are starting to track close to last year's drought, which was described as a… Audio

A Hawke's Bay council review has found the region has a mess of business support groups trying to do the same thing.

One of the groups fears its days are numbered and its removal could hobble Hawke's… Audio

Hawke's Bay is one of Aotearoa's premier wine spots, drawing in tourists from across the country and around the world. But the region has recently been making a name for itself because of its craft… Audio

A legal challenge to stop a 1080 drop on Maori land in Hawke's Bay has failed. Tataraakina is a 14,000 hectare block in inland Hawke's Bay, near the highway between Napier and Taupo. RNZ Hawke's Bay… Audio

Police and other emergency services are responding to reports of helicopter crash on the eastern side of the Mahia peninsula in Hawkes Bay.

The police say they were told of the crash by a member of… Audio

A business banned for almost two years from running tours on Hawke's Bay's Cape Kidnappers is starting up again on Friday morning.

Gannet Beach Adventures were told to stop operating their tractor… Audio

Conductor José Aparicio and Hawke's Bay musicians get together this weekend to 'create some beauty'. Audio

A Hawke's Bay apple exporter has told the Government an advertising campaign to attract 300 New Zealand workers got more than 200 applications - but only 55 people ended up with jobs.

Those figures… Audio

A witness says people were screaming and crying after yesterday's Central Hawke's Bay crash, which killed three people.

Silver Fern Farms has confirmed they were all their employees

They died after… Audio

The Hawke's Bay Regional Council chair says "bring it on"  after hearing talk of councillors investigating a motion of no confidence in his leadership.

In a contentious result, councillors voted to… Audio

A crash in Central Hawke's Bay yesterday which killed three people has been called absolutely devastating by the region's mayor.

The car carrying the three people collided with a truck collided on… Audio

A Hawke's Bay entrepreneur says a new food innovation hub will keep small players out of the market.

The hub, Foodeast, which will be in Hastings, has been heralded by local leaders as a game changer… Audio

Dozens of people are being evacuated and thousands are without power as ongoing heavy rain causes of slips and flooding in Napier.  Audio

An elderly Hawke's Bay man says he's lost his best friend - his dog Tabatha vanished from outside a Napier shopfront a week ago.

Eighty-year-old Doug Hodgetts believes his 7-year-old Jack Russell… Video, Audio

Showers like running mud and dodgy water that changes hair colours.

They're among the complaints of residents of two small Hawkes Bay communities who are fed up with brown and smelly water, and say… Audio

People in the Hawke's Bay towns of Te Awanga and Haumoana have been dealing with taps that dispense brown and smelly water for years. And they say the problem is getting worse.

A Te Awanga resident… Audio

One of the largest events on the Hawke's Bay calendar has had to make some big changes because of Covid-19.

With Friday being Hawke's Bay Anniversary Day and a public holiday, the A&P Show usually… Audio