Stories by Anusha Bradley

Consultation on the sale of Napier Port will be extended by one week following concerns that hundreds of people in Central Hawke's Bay haven't received their consultation documents in the mail.

Health officials in Hawke's Bay are trying to curb the high rate of bowel cancer deaths among Pasifika people by encouraging them to take screening tests.

A $350 million upgrade of Napier Port is being questioned by the shipping industry, which says the port's recent growth could be short-lived.

The Mayor of Rotorua is not concerned the town will lose its only rescue helicopter but the city's MP says the community will be outraged. Audio

Nearly half of Napier Port should be sold unless people are prepared to stomach rate rises of more than 50 percent, local councillors say.

Forest and Bird wants a review into some of Department of Conservation's partnerships to ensure the welfare of native species is at the forefront of any project.

The country's largest privately-owned conservation project has been allowed to show off kiwi to wealthy tourists without a permit, despite welfare concerns about the birds.

Napier families who are desperate for housing are applying for flatshares and one-bedroom units.

The owner of the only bottle stores in the Hastings suburb of Flaxmere says he doesn't know why he's being singled out by those who want his premises shut down.

The owner of a forestry company blamed for tonnes of debris washing up in Tolaga Bay has been fined twice for illegal logging overseas, but the Overseas Investment Office took nine years to realise.

Free alcoholic drinks will no longer be served at an awards night supported by the Hawke's Bay District Health Board.

Millions of litres of emergency water could be made available to some Hawke's Bay farmers if a drought hits the region this summer, Hawke's Bay Regional Council says.

A controversial technology that Forest and Bird says is "untested and experimental" is being considered to replenish a Central Hawke's Bay aquifer that's running out of water.

A senior manager at Hawke's Bay District Health Board who resigned following an investigation into misappropriated funds, has been cleared of any wider fraudulent activity.

A law change to give police stronger powers to tackle makers and sellers of synthetic drugs could be on the cards, the police minister says.

Synthetic addicts in the Napier suburb of Maraenui are giving up trying to quit the drug, saying getting help is simply too hard after a local free walk-in addiction clinic closed last year.

Gisborne District Council says MetService failed to forecast destructive flash flooding in Tolaga Bay over Queen's Birthday weekend - and there's nothing more it could have done.

A Hawke's Bay businessman is taking the regional council to the Environment Court over its failure to regulate feedlots he says are polluting the district.

International tourists should be encouraged to visit lesser-known regions to take pressure off popular destinations like Auckland and Queenstown, the government says.

Federated Farmers has dropped a three-year legal battle to overturn Hastings District Council's GM-free status.

The judge who sentenced a a Hawke's Bay teenager to life in prison for planning the murder of man she met on Tinder has described his killing as "callous" and "brutal".

Convicting protestors for obstructing oil exploration will deter people from demonstrating against other issues, a lawyer for Greenpeace says.

Environmental groups fighting to protect the last two pristine rivers in Hawke's Bay say they're stemming the tide of "misinformation" about the proposed water conservation orders.

A Napier woman agreed to live in an unsuitable home in the middle of a construction zone after being turned down for more than 40 private rentals.

The government wipes the debts of superannuitants who have been accidentally overpaid three times as often as debts accrued by beneficiaries, figures reveal.