Where to find the country’s best-tasting tap water
Manawatu has scooped Napier City Council in the grand finals of a competition to find New Zealand’s best…
Hawke’s Bay growers mull McCain takeover bid
A group of Hawke’s Bay growers is looking at whether it could take over the McCain vegetable processing…
Small town’s ‘pioneering’ plan for mortuary waste
For years, Wairoa iwi have campaigned to stop the discharge of mortuary waste into the town’s wastewater system.…
Flaxmere supermarket alcohol sales opposed
Police and Health New Zealand are opposing an application by a new Woolworths supermarket in Flaxmere for an…
Arrests in Hawke’s Bay after spike in gang-related incidents
Police have arrested more than a dozen people in Hawke’s Bay over the past week following a rise…
Hawke’s Bay gang crackdown drug tests those on bail, 9 arrests
Police set up a drug-testing morning for people on bail during a targeted gang crackdown in Hawke’s Bay,…
Dairy owner and son stabbed after man allegedly refused to pay for pie
A Hastings dairy owner and his son were stabbed on Thursday, when a man allegedly tried to leave…
Two injured, one critically, after stabbing in Hastings
Two people have been injured, one critically, after a stabbing in Hastings this afternoon. Police said it received…
Why spider webs have blanketed towns across the North Island
Spider webs have spun their way across the North Island in recent days, with the arachnids leaving homes,…
Weather warnings lifted for Wellington, Wairarapa as rain moves east
Homes were evacuated near Carterton overnight due to rising river levels, as the lower North Island has been…
Three dead in incident at Hastings house, homicide probe launched
A homicide investigation has been launched after three people died following an incident at an address in Hastings…
Former All Blacks captain Taine Randell to run for NZ First
Former All Blacks captain Taine Randell is set to run for New Zealand First at the upcoming election.…