Hawke's Bay

A person has been badly injured in a "family harm" incident in Hawke's Bay.

Applause greeted a council decision not to charge owners for demolition of cyclone-wrecked homes.

The taskforce's duties will be transferred to the Cyclone Recovery Unit, Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell says.

"This was definitely done to make the place look nice for Art Deco," she said.

After nearly two years of disruption and isolation, three rural Wairoa communities are connected once again with the opening of a new temporary bridge.

The 150kg satellite will not be moving any debris itself, but will collect data for future clean-up missions.

The crash knocked a power pole across the road.

Jobs in the east coast now pay about $300 more per year on average than in the City of Sails - but there is a catch.

A winery in the Hawke's Bay is preparing for a good quality harvest a year after Cyclone Gabrielle.

More than 500 people, including families of those who died, some still displaced, gathered at the Civic Square in Hastings to commemorate the anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle.

The prime minister says there will be more support to come for regions still dealing with cyclone recovery.

"There was shock and disbelief by those occupants ... losing everything, their pride and joy," Joe Faram says. Audio

The company behind a Hawke's Bay music festival has collapsed, leaving dozens of musicians and crew thousands of dollars out of pocket.

An Appreciation Day in Hastings for Cyclone Gabrielle volunteers heard countless stories of ordinary people who did extraordinary things.

The flood-ravaged town of Wairoa is just weeks away from a decision on how the town will be protected from being inundated yet again.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell are in Hawke's Bay, one year on from Cyclone Gabrielle.

A magnometer drone, which can identify large metallic objects buried underground, is being used in the search for the missing Gisborne man.

More than 300 lambs were on board and the driver is being praised for avoiding an even more serious collision.

Perfect pass rates, a bar full of redheads and a new dark sky park for the South Island are among this week's feel-good stories.

Fuel has been seen leaking from a boat that partially sunk while taking part in a Hawke's Bay fishing competition near the Port of Napier.