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Fires in parts of southern Hawke's Bay will be restricted from 8am on Friday morning, until further notice. Fire and Emergency New Zealand group manager Jason Hill spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Hawkes Bay brothers Jeremy and Louis Gaffaney are battling it out for cookie selling supremacy, who will come out on top? Audio

A new economic study of Hawke's Bay reveals the region's productivity has fallen below the national average. Hawke's Bay Tairawhiti Reporter Alexa Cook has the exclusive details. Audio

Local iwi and ecologists say a Hawke's Bay river that flooded during Cyclone Gabrielle should be re-widened to make space for future floods. Analysis provided to RNZ shows the Ngaruroro River has been… Audio

A plan for future housing in Hawke's Bay has sparked controversy over its potential to use productive food growing land and low-lying flood risk areas. Alexa Cook reports. Audio

A lower North Island district council is not giving up its fight against a proposal to toll a new highway linking Manawatu and Hawke's Bay, as a key deadline looms. The Tararua District Council is… Audio

The Food Basket CHB collects leftover groceries from supermarkets to tackle food insecurity and stop tonnes of kai from going into landfill. Alexa Cook reports. Audio

Despite strong backlash from the community, the Central Hawke's Bay District Council has voted to establish a trust deed that could revive the controversial Ruataniwha Dam. Central Hawke's Bay mayor… Audio

Hawke's Bay residents will need to brace themselves for at least another 14 months of road closures on State Highway Two - as the cyclone damaged section of the road between Napier and Wairoa won't… Audio

A previous headline incorrectly stated that this project had received fast-track approval 

The chair of a controversial Hawke's Bay dam project included in the government's Fast-track Approvals Bill… Audio

Hawkes Bay Airport has got itself a flash new fire truck, and after weeks of deliberation in a competition to christen it with a name, the people have spoken. A panel of judges whittled down the 1500… Audio

After weeks of speculation and thousands of public votes - Hawke's Bay Airport has named its new fire truck 'Judy Drench'. The 1.6 million dollar truck has gained international interest as over… Audio

Wairoa's Civil Defence controller says she's lost all trust in Hawkes Bay Emergency Management over its handling of the flood alert in June when the river burst its banks and poured through 400 homes… Audio

New Zealand's oldest wine auction is gearing up for its 32nd event this weekend. The Hawke's Bay Wine Auction has raised over four and a half million dollars for the Cranford Hospice - and as Alexa… Audio

A review into the flood that devastated Wairoa in June has found Hawke's Bay Regional Council lacked a proper plan for managing the river mouth and did not listen to locals who called for action… Audio

A long-awaited strategy to deal with coastal hazards in Hawke's Bay has finally been released and is calling for urgent action. Many parts of the region's coastline are slipping into the sea, such as… Audio