Hawke's Bay

A new housing development for disabled children in Napier is specially designed with them in mind - they reduce sensory overload, cutting down on noise and colour.

The region will face overwhelming rates bills and crippling debt if it doesn't take action to fix its drinking, waste and storm water, according to a report released today.

A mayoral fund to help Hawke's Bay farmers cope with one of the worst droughts ever will likely be underspent.

A Hawke's Bay Regional councillor fears authorities have given "mouth to mouth to a rotting corpse" over a controversial strategy to fix water storage in Central Hawke's Bay.

Two urban water catchments in Hawke's Bay are in a "dreadful" state, with the worst water quality in the region, according to a new regional council report.

The Covid-19 pandemic has not dented Napier Port's plans to expand its facilities.

Just 12 houses of a promised 200 that are meant to get homeless people in Hastings out of motels have so far been finished.

If elected, the party said it would fast-track improvements on the dangerous Napier-Taupō road, four lane part of the Hawke's Bay Expressway and upgrade the Napier-Wairoa Rd.

The Hawke's Bay Regional Council chairman says it's an "outrage" his fellow councillors won't take quick action to reduce outdoor burning while people's health is at risk.

The Hawke's Bay Regional Council insists it's not pursuing a "farming versus forestry" strategy, as a Wairoa farmer fears a report commissioned by the council is a nail in the coffin.

It took nearly four hours to free a critically-injured truck driver after their vehicle careened 10 metres down a bank in Hawke's Bay this morning.

A rural council in Hawke's Bay has agreed to relieve the financial stress of a controversial group that owns the rights to a failed dam project. But some think ratepayers shouldn't be picking up the…

The Hawke's Bay Rural Advisory Group has broadened the eligibility criteria of the regional drought relief fund to support more farmers.

Waipukurau's library fails to meet earthquake standards, despite significant strengthening work carried out five years ago, a new report has found.

A helicopter company has pleaded guilty to operating an aircraft carelessly during a fatal crash in Hawke's Bay in 2018.

A climate mitigation unit could be set up at Hawke's Bay Regional Council if the community agree, but there is disagreement around the council table.

A man who promised his workers a better life in New Zealand but instead beat them will be sentenced in Napier today.

A new regional aquatic centre in Hawke's Bay with an Olympic sized pool is being heralded as a "game changer".

Hungry kiwi in Hawke's Bay have put their own survival ahead of producing more eggs, as the region was gripped by a prolonged drought.

Eighty-eight percent of submitters to the council's annual plan say that will allow it to stick to its plan to increase rates by 4.8 percent while helping those struggling due to the pandemic.