Hawkes Bay

The High Court has ordered the Board of Inquiry into the Ruataniwha Dam to change a controversial rule that allowed farmers to breach pollution limits while at the same time saying they weren't. Audio

Dame Anne Salmond discusses Maori relations with the ocean, comparing Te Whanau a Apanui's opposition to the oil company Petrobras' drilling ship to the time 250 years earlier when canoes headed out… Audio

Napier's homeless have been thrown a lifeline by one local family, determined to try and help through the common language of food. Kiri and Kevin Swannell, along with their children, spend every… Audio

One of the country's largest credit unions has been accused of stealing the private information of a former employee and using it to try to destroy her career in the finance industry. Audio

A mothballed rail link between Napier and Gisborne has been thrown a lifeline, with Kiwirail agreeing to lease the line to the Hawke's Bay Regional Council. Audio

The northernmost town in the Hawke's Bay region, Wairoa is located on the northern shore of Hawkes Bay at the mouth of the Wairoa River and to the SouthWest of Mahia Peninsula. Bruce Kenyon, bus… Audio

Brian Hales farms exotic sheep alongside his commercial flock in Wimbledon, southern Hawkes Bay. Recently he invited the public onto his farm so they could see the sheep being shorn, run their fingers… Audio

The 48 year old Waipukurau man, who has quit St John, will be sentenced on December the 18th. Audio

A Hawke's Bay ambulance officer who stupefied a teenager with laughing gas and sexually assaulted patients while out on calls has been found guilty. Audio

A Waipukurau man accused of sexually assaulting four women in his St John ambulance has conceded it's extraordinary images were created on his phone at the exact time a girl alleged he abused her and… Audio

Environmental groups have gone to the High Court in Wellington today to try to overturn the resource consents granted for the huge Ruataniwha dam. Audio

Police are trying to figure out how a live grenade came to be at an abandoned industrial property in Hastings. Audio

The trial of a St John ambulance officer has heard evidence showing he made two video files on his cellphone at the time a teenage girl claims she was abused. Audio

Hawke's Bay farmers have been told it's "now or never" for them to sign up to buy water from the proposed Ruataniwha water scheme. Audio

Federated Farmers is urging Central Hawke's Bay farmers to sign up to buy water from the Ruataniwha Dam scheme immediately, warning the opportunity may be lost otherwise. Audio

Jim Morunga's been serving his community for 40 years. Last year he was named New Zealand's Local Hero of the year. Other regional winners were in the running, but Napier-based Jim took the top award… Audio

The Police in Hawke's Bay say a major drug operation has netted a big player in the local methamphetamine trade. Audio

Exploring end-of-life care for Māori patients and their whānau. Audio

New Zealand wool grease earns the economy up to $30 million dollars a year. Because our sheep eat lush green grass, wool grease produced here differs in its chemical make up to other types of wool… Audio