Hawkes Bay Today

Publisher

Latest documents

• MSD's Core Talent scheme helps job-hopping Hawke's Bay dad build horticulture career

  A tight job market has helped a Hawke's Bay father go from jumping from job to job to finding a place where he can thrive.

• Hawke's Bay powerlifter Daniel Siaosi chasing 180kg at Special Olympics

  When Napier powerlifter Daniel Siaosi steps on to the platform at next week's Special Olympics National Summer Games, competing among more than 1200 athletes, it will mark both his first major competition and the culmination of nearly a decade of determination.

• SH2 closed near Dannevirke after fatal crash, major delays expected

  One person has died following a crash on State Highway 2 near Dannevirke.

• My tour of Kiwi giant things – Wyn Drabble

  Wyn Drabble is a teacher of English, writer, public speaker and musician. He is based in Hawke's Bay.

• Hawke's Bay weather: MetService forecasts five days around 30C or hotter

  A meteorologist is predicting that it'll be so hot in Hawke's Bay this weekend, you'll be able to cook eggs on car bonnets.

• Hastings road safety: Homemade speed camera warning signs appear on busy stretch

  DIY signs have appeared on a busy stretch of road in Hastings, warning motorists of a looming NZ Transport Agency mobile safety camera trailer.

• Controversial flag exhibit stolen from Hastings art gallery

  A controversial piece of artwork that prompted 101 complaints in a week has now been stolen from a Hastings art gallery.

• Massive cruise ship skips Napier visit due to swells; shop owners take financial hit

  Shops and eateries in Napier city centre have missed out on a big day of trading, after an enormous cruise ship skipped its visit to the city on Friday due to large swells.

• Back in business - the Provincial is now the Clive Square Pub

  A new confidence in the future of Napier's Clive Square has sparked the reopening of one of Hawke's Bay's oldest hotels, with a change of name doffing the hat to the area itself.

• Napier art exhibition and auction honours the creative spirit of two siblings killed in crash

  Two young artists whose vibrant lives were tragically cut short a year ago will posthumously exhibit their work alongside some of Hawke's Bay's best.

Featured documents

• Booze Barons

  Asimple convenience or a plague on society? Whatever your view of liquor outlets, new laws on the way are expected to curb the enormous growth the industry has seen in New Zealand over the past couple of decades....

• Pyne Holdings receivership rumbles on

  Receivers for George Kerr’s Pyne Holdings have made legal moves in Britain to protect their claim in shares in Pyne Gould Corporation as court action continues....

• Slavery law ‘fantastic start’

  AHawke’s Bay advocate for worker rights has praised new laws being proposed to stamp out future cases of modern slavery — two years on from Hastings man Joseph Matamata being sent to jail for slavery offences in the horticulture sector....

• Renter wins in Tenancy Tribunal

  A litany of infringements, including a retaliatory notice, has cost a Napier landlord nearly $4000 at the Tenancy Tribunal....

• LETTERS Some landlords hastily using their legal window

  It has come to my attention that some landlords are pre-empting the 2020 Tenancy Act that takes effect on February 12, 2021. Landlords now have the rights to remove tenants who do not comply with their tenancy contract. This is fair for landlords. Before the act takes effect, landlords can give a “n...

• The big issues

  Napier...

• They were 11 words that would end murderer Jimmy Heremaia’s two-year existence on the run.

  They were 11 words that would end murderer Jimmy Heremaia’s two-year existence on the run....

• The big issues

  Napier...

• TARADALE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR PRIZE LIST 2021

  Year 11 StudentsAllan, Marcus: First in Technological Modelling / DVC (Graphics); First in History; Elite Arts Badge; Endeavour in Mathematics; Anderson, Emma: First in English; First in Geography; Avery, Monique: First in Trade Skills - Wood; Bartlett-Tareha: Cassidy Endeavour in Science; Bluck,...

• TARADALE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR PRIZE LIST 2021

  Year 11 StudentsAllan, Marcus: First in Technological Modelling / DVC (Graphics); First in History; Elite Arts Badge; Endeavour in Mathematics; Anderson, Emma: First in English; First in Geography; Avery, Monique: First in Trade Skills - Wood; Bartlett-Tareha: Cassidy Endeavour in Science; Bluck,...