Stories by Anusha Bradley

Hawke's Bay police have stopped carrying arms as gang tensions in the region appear to settle and rival gang leaders prepare to meet to discuss a way forward.

Napier residents called for more action from the government to stop young people joining gangs, a week after shots were fired during a large gang brawl.

A woman with a disability was told she could not have any home help for two weeks over the Christmas break because her assigned days fell on public holidays.

Hawke's Bay District Health Board is reviewing its communication policy after a "disappointing" letter was sent to hundreds of disabled elderly last week, the board's new chair says.

Whakatāne fishing and tour operators are losing thousands of dollars a day due to restrictions put in place following the Whakaari/White Island eruption.

Some 160 new homes to be built in Hastings over the next 18 months will simply replace those demolished under the previous government, the Housing Minister says.

A lack of representation for Napier and Central Hawke's Bay on the newly appointed Hawke's Bay District Health Board is "concerning" and "disappointing", their mayors say.

A decision on whether to demolish Napier's civic building and library has been put off after doubts were raised about whether it was severely earthquake-prone as previously thought.

The unsafe bridge that has forced families to carry the bodies of their relatives nearly a kilometre on foot for burial at their urupā is a step closer to being repaired.

The outgoing chair of the Hawke's Bay District Health Board says he's disappointed and embarrassed his future role as chair is being played out in the media, with no communication from the Health…

A two-month wait for a new chair for the Hawke's Bay District Health Board is unacceptable, says Tukituki MP Lawrence Yule.

Ngāti Kahungunu says it was "tricked" into supporting a water project - funded by the Provincial Growth Fund - they vehemently oppose.

A new plan more than six years in the making to manage Hawke's Bay's fresh water is being slammed as fundamentally flawed, with accusations it favours irrigators over the environment.

Gang-related incidents in Napier on Sunday have left two people injured and a medical centre sprayed with what appears to be shotgun pellets.

The closure of the only bridge with car access to three urupā near Wairoa is forcing relatives to carry the bodies of their loved ones on foot nearly a kilometre for burial.

Emergency call outs to one of Napier's most vulnerable suburbs have significantly fallen since a safety programme in te reo Māori was introduced into a local school.

The man who tried to save dying eels is shocked no-one will be prosecuted over their deaths after they were dug up and dumped by Hawke's Bay Regional Council workers. Video

Rubbish-strewn campsites, home-made toilets and illegal felling of native trees by "arrogant and disrespectful" freedom campers at Lake Waikaremoana have shocked and saddened Ngāi Tūhoe.

It was sheer luck no one was hurt when someone fired at a police officer's front door on Saturday night, says Acting Eastern district commander Iain Chapman.

An independent review into Napier City Council staff monitoring of councillors' Facebook posts will be presented to the council on Monday.

Improving the "disturbing" statistics around Māori organ transplants is the aim of a ground-breaking hui in Hastings this week.

A young woman who was suffocated by a large goitre on her thyroid could have been saved if she had had urgent surgery more quickly, a coroner has ruled.

An award-winning barber and mental health advocate has become Hastings District Council's first Pasifika councillor.

A Napier mayoral candidate says his campaign has been seriously compromised because his contact information was recorded wrongly by the electoral officer.

Taekwon-Do champions from around the world are descending on Napier for the first-ever International Special Needs Taekwon-Do Games this weekend. Video