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A multi-week journey of kotahitanga (unity or solidarity) and rangatiratanga (self-determination) came to a heartfelt conclusion last Wednesday as the crew of Hawke’s Bay-based waka hourua Te Matau a Māui made their welcome return after attending the 2024 Te Hau Kōmaru festival in Kaiteriteri near Nelson.

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Hawke’s Bay deer hunters could be in for a boon in coming years because of an unusual deer mating season that introduced some “pretty useful genetics” into the wild population.

“The war started for me the day that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.”

Asearch is under way for descendants of hundreds of British boys sent out for farming training in New Zealand a century ago.

Ibegan my involvement with the Hastings Art Gallery in 2017 when the Youth Art Ambassadors Programme (YAAP) launched its first year.

The first Ranfurly Shield fixture for 2024 will be played at Mitre 10 Park in Hastings.

Diagnosed with bowel cancer last year, 27-year-old Waipukurau man Shane Chapman underwent what was considered to be a successful surgery, and after Christmas, he was cleared.

Hawke’s Bay Airport has planned a series of events to celebrate turning 60 this year.

Apilot programme encouraging farmers to get off their farms to mentor local kids has been deemed a success for mental health.

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Afresh shoreline search for missing father Joseph Ahuriri north of Napier has ended with police disappointed they have been unable to find anything to help solve the 14-month-long mystery.

More than a year on from Cyclone Gabrielle, the Taradale Pottery Group at Waiohiki Creative Arts Village has reopened its doors for business after being inundated with water and silt during the early hours of February 14, 2023.

Hastings District Council is proposing a huge — but unsurprising — 25 per cent rates increase from July as it looks to fund “unprecedented” recovery costs from Cyclone Gabrielle.

Enid is falling apart a bit. She has a nice apartment and a good job at the Space Agency working with material she knows and loves. She has a good friend in her colleague. She dates a lot and has recently been hanging out with her stepsisters.

Hawke’s Bay reserve soldier Sergeant Andrew McCrory’s passion for ultramarathon running came about in a rather unconventional way.

Two of Hawke’s Bay’s biggest schools ended the first term of 2024 still without permanent headmaster appointments, four months after their respective searches for new leaders started late last year.

Grandchildren and great-grandchildren of World War I veterans have banded together to take a trip of a lifetime to Gallipoli in Turkey to commemorate Anzac Day.

EIT’s 2024 cohort of graduates took to the streets of Napier to celebrate officially completing their qualifications after coming through the Covid pandemic and devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle.

Ruby Loud Mouse and the Ruru is a story about embracing who you are, and about celebrating all the differences among us.

From a life full of adventures living in and starting a school in India to returning to New Zealand and making Hastings her home, Angi Pearce has always loved writing and telling stories.

Hawke’s Bay woman Kelley Waite is featured on an NZ Post stamp to showcase Kiwi veterans who served New Zealand on overseas deployments in the armed forces from the mid-1990s.

Millie has a modest dream — to own a little yellow house down by the train tracks. She works and saves and studies and takes care of the students under her watch as a resident assistant at the University of Arkansas.

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council will introduce a bus youth fare as part of its upcoming price changes after an outcry from parents who were facing an up to six-times increase in the cost of sending kids to school.

Eight club rugby players and their coach were in a van that was peppered with shotgun pellets by gang members as they fled a Hastings rugby game cancelled due to intimidation on the field.

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The Country radio show has come a long way since its humble beginnings at the Gore Showgrounds in 1994.

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