Kate Green

Northern Hawke's Bay and Tai Rawhiti are back in cleanup mode after heavy rain fell steadily over the weekend. The region's infrastructure bruised and battered from previous storms, and each downpour… Audio

An East Coast baker famous for paua pies has created a new delicacy, and it's brought her business back from the edge. Rachael Thomas, who owns Te Puia Springs Store an hour and a half north of… Audio

The first cruise ship of the season arrived in Napier bright and early this morning. Met with a cold gusty wind and clear skies, the National Geographic Orion sailed into port at 7am. More than 50 of… Audio

A Hawke's Bay wine and food festival is set to bring dozens of the region's best hospitality businesses together on the banks of the Tukituki River.

Hawke's Bay Harvest was set to make its debut in… Audio

A population of a rare lizards has been found in a back garden in Central Hawke's Bay. It's the first time the Hawke's Bay Skink has been found in the area, with the only other known population inside… Audio

Students begin sitting their end-of-year exams on Monday, a stressful time for many.

And on top of that, for those in parts of the country affected by severe weather, it's been yet another disrupted… Audio

A dinner club providing meals for Hawke's Bay families unable to return to their cyclone damaged homes, is giving its guests more than just a feed.

For those living in temporary accommodation like… Audio

A Cambridge plant nursery has delivered 17,000 native trees to the people of Tai Rāwhiti, to help repair whole hillsides and planting sites wiped out by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Restore Native plant… Audio

A free store in Hastings set up to help storm-affected locals is still going strong, eight months after the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle.

The Hastings Cyclone Hub is a place for people to restock… Audio

Gisborne and Hawke's Bay have three new National MPs, after the previously Labour-held seats turned blue in the election.

There's Catherine Wedd for Tukituki, Katie Nimon for Napier, and Dana… Audio

Volunteers are still travelling to Hawke's Bay from around the North Island to help with the cleanup, eight months on from Cyclone Gabrielle. Temporary housing requirements mean paid accommodation is… Audio

Some forestry companies on the East Coast have spent millions of dollars cleaning up slash from this year's two damaging cyclones and say they're making changes to reduce the future risk.

But others… Audio

A group of Wairoa residents is earning their building qualifications by repairing flood-damaged homes. After homes north of the river were inundated by metre-high flooding during the storm, locals… Audio

A visa created to bring overseas workers in to help with the recovery in cyclone affected areas has received thousands of applications.

But immigration advisors warn that the process is rife with… Audio

People who stepped up during Cyclone Gabrielle have been honoured at an awards ceremony in Napier.

The winners pulled off jet boat rescues in the early hours, fed and housed their homeless… Audio

Te Tai Rāwhiti is likely in for a hot, dry spring after months of wet weather.

Niwa's latest forecast shows rainfall, soil moisture and river levels are likely to be below average.

It's a… Audio

A Hawkes Bay Black Power family has complained it was forced to live in Mongrel mob territory because of a shortage of temporary housing. The Black Power family of five lost its home when the… Audio

A Hawke's Bay conservation group is down, but not out, after Cyclone Gabrielle flooded its Esk Valley planting sites.

Despite a layer of silt nearly two metres deep in places, hardy three-year old… Audio