Peter Fowler

More than six hundred people showed up for a meeting on the Ruataniwha Dam in Napier last night to hear people from both sides of the debate present their arguments. Audio

A former senior GNS scientist says the Ruataniwha Dam may not be needed because there could be plenty of water in the deep aquifers of the area's plains. Audio

The Hawke's Bay District Health Board says today's sentence over a listeria outbreak at the hospital caused by contaminated meat is not tough enough, and the company responsible deserves harsher… Audio

A Hawke's Bay food company has admitted suppressing test results about contaminated meat it supplied to the Hawke's Bay Hospital that led to a fatal food poisoning outbreak. Audio

Environmental groups, says the Ruataniwha Dam has become more risky for farmers looking to buy water after the Board of Inquiry tightened the rules around nitrogen leaching. Audio

The Board of Inquiry into the $600 million Ruataniwha water storage project in Hawke's Bay has confirmed strict limits on the amount of nitrogen that can leach into waterways as a result of farming. Audio

The Association of Scientists says more scientists are coming forward saying they are being gagged or pressured. Audio

An American research ship leaves Napier tomorrow on a mission to better understand the earthquake and tsunami risk from the undersea fault system off the coast of Gisborne. Audio

Hastings secondary school students are trying to find one particular person among the 1.4 billion people in China without knowing that person's name or location. Audio

The Hawke's Bay Regional Council is being accused of vetting job applicants based on their opinion of the proposed Ruataniwha Dam -- and getting rid of existing staff members who question it. Audio

The New Zealand Deer Industry says a downturn in vension prices is being countered by strong growth in the use of deer velvet in healthy food products destined for Asia. Audio

A Hawke's Bay couple who run a mobile soup kitchen in Napier's Clive Square have sent a message to Bill English about what they want from this week's budget. Audio

An emergency shelter is on the Budget wishlist for a Hawke's Bay couple who help feed the homeless. Audio

A lack of online resources for finding out about school weekend sports matches led Hawke's Bay entreprenuer, Mike Purchas, to set up sportsground.co.nz in 2007. Audio

Environmentalists say the Hawke's Bay Regional Council is being irresponsible in continuing to develop the 275 million dollar Ruataniwha Dam when it has no plan to comply with the resource consents it… Audio

The Hastings District Council must pay 65 thousand dollars to the family of a small boy run over and killed in a park by a tractor mower. Audio

The Hawke's Bay Regional Council has voted to allow its investment company HBRIC to borrow 2-million-dollars to keep the Ruataniwha Dam project alive. Audio

Any injured marine mammals found in the wild are now likely to be put down after the final closure of Hawkes Bay's famed Marineland Park. Audio

Civil Defence is preparing for the arrival of Cyclone Pam on Sunday night which it warns could be one of the worst cyclones in recorded history to hit New Zealand. Audio

Some current and former staff of New Zealand's biggest credit union NZCU Baywide are questioning whether senior management will be held accountable for trying to destroy the career of a former staff… Audio