NewsBank (Hawkes Bay Today)

A strong season on the land is an opportunity – but only if you treat it like one.

Central Hawke's Bay Deputy Mayor Jerry Greer says the council's new interactive mapping tool is a 'treasure map' helping landowners find their gold.

– This article is provided courtesy of Hawke's Bay Rugby Union

A chance meeting at last year's Hawke's Bay Marathon has inspired one local woman to run her first foot race in nearly 35 years.

A visitor information centre, an airport fire station and the restoration of a public restroom have been judged as some of this year's best architectural projects on the East Coast.

Home cook and deputy editor Mark Story has an appetite for our rising food products. He chats with Craggy Range Dairy's boutique cheesemakers Kate and James Clairmont, before blistering some award-winning halloumi.

John Jenkins is a longtime racing journalist based in Hawke's Bay

Nick Stewart is a financial adviser and CEO at Stewart Group

Residents of three council-owned villages in Napier are being asked to find new places to live, as the council plans to sell them as vacant properties.

The three most common road safety breaches in Napier and Hastings have been revealed as part of Road Safety Week.

By Aiden McLaughlin

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

Steam trains will become part of a Winter Art Deco and school holidays experience for the first time in July.

Construction has begun on New Zealand's largest approved solar farm, being built between Taupō and Napier.

A Tararua District Council decision to decommission the Dannevirke Deer Park has left some locals keen to find a community-run solution.

Drugs, cash and firearms have landed nine people across Hawke's Bay in court, with more arrests likely, according to police.

Police have named the person who died after a crash in Central Hawke's Bay.

A century-old Napier building with a tonne of nostalgia between the walls has been saved from possible demolition in a makeover expected to be completed next year.

After more than a decade of mud, laughter and community spirit, the Flemington Mud Run is preparing for its final lap.

Hawke's Bay mayors say confirmation that the Hawke's Bay Regional Council will be disestablished by 2028 gives councils the certainty needed to explore a simpler, more effective model of local government.

A motorist is in a serious condition after a two-vehicle crash closed the northbound lanes of a Napier highway today.

For 40 years, Craig Petherick's mission has been simple – to protect fish and shellfish.

A Napier city business owner says it's "outrageous" the council is proposing to charge CBD business owners a targeted rate to pay for closed-circuit television (CCTV).

What began as an effort to hook anglers through the quieter winter months has grown into one of Hawke's Bay's most anticipated community fishing events.

This article is provided by Hawke's Bay Rugby Union

A Napier-based New Zealand Army Reserve Force corporal has marched his platoon to a prestigious national infantry competition win – beating the fulltimers for the first time.

Hawke's Bay rugby star Devan Flanders will be missing from the Magpies this year after deciding on a move to Japan.

A Bay View lifestyle block owner says he feels as if he is being forced from his land by another proposal by Napier City Council to increase his rates.

In an operating theatre in Hastings, surgeons are now being supported by robotic-assisted technology designed to improve precision during complex procedures, through small incisions, with enhanced visualisation and control.

Hawke's Bay's new hospice is expected to be open and caring for patients by Christmas 2028, after resource consent was granted for the new facility.