Hawke's Bay

The Norsewood-based factory beat a number of serious international competitors to secure the deal. Audio

Many staff, some with decades of service, had been told their positions may no longer exist.

Three violent but unrelated crimes have resulted in charges for three men.

A person has died in a fatal car crash in Hawke's Bay.

Firefighters have extinguished a scrub fire that had been burning near Wairoa's landfill since Thursday afternoon.

Water rates in Central Hawke's Bay are set to surge over the next decade, and residents wonder how they'll pay. Audio

The project follows a four-year search by the council for the right development partner.

Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash near Takapau on Tuesday morning.

The police cordon has been lifted at the scene of a homicide in Napier where a teenage boy was killed, and another injured.

A resident heard loud music and noise hours before and then awoke to find police officers in her neighbourhood.

Another was seriously injured following a suspected group altercation early Sunday morning.

Hastings District

Early estimates to replace the damage on Napier's Marine Parade came to $20,000

Havelock North-based boutique dairy company Origin Earth is closing down after 15 years of providing customers with locally sourced sustainable products.

Fire and Emergency said the fire was now extinguished and three fire trucks and one support vehicle remained onsite.

The decision comes after a review into regional architecture, which recommended a merger and formation of a new coordination office.

A Napier man running on the lime paths in Ahuriri saw up to 30 cows in the water, about half a kilometre from a popular swim spot.

The area was one of many where homes were flooded and lives were ruined.