NewsBank (Hawkes Bay Today)

If she can, the face of this year's Harcourts Hawke's Bay Women's Triathlon will cheer on participants from the sideline, but that's not where she wants to be.

Grant McLachlan is a former Hawke's Bay political campaign director who has worked for National and Act.

Richard Gaddum is the spokesman for Save the Plains, a pressure group to protect the fertile soils of the Heretaunga Plains.

New Zealand Horse of the Year Well Written remains on track for the A$10 million Group 1 Golden Eagle (1500m) after losing her unbeaten record at Randwick last Saturday.

The shed out the back was just the place to be as the first arrivals gathered in Hawke's Bay to mark the 40th anniversary of the closure of the Whakatū Meatworks.

Nick Stewart is a financial adviser and CEO at Stewart Group

A rising Hawke's Bay squash player is preparing for his biggest challenge yet after defending his national age-group crown.

A Kiwi CEO behind an education company worth an estimated $1 billion is coming to Hawke's Bay to speak to business leaders.

The Hawke's Bay Magpies ended possibly the greatest capitulation in the rugby NPC's 51 seasons when they were beaten 50-14 by Otago in a quarter-final in Dunedin today.

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

One of New Zealand's top comics has put a smile on people's faces during the opening night of the Hawke's Bay Arts Festival.

The Hawke's Bay Magpies are on a mission to salvage a season that has hit a wall in the dream of winning National Provincial Championship rugby's premier division for the first time.

– This article is provided by Hawke's Bay Cricket Association

Staff at two Hawke's Bay roading contractors have been let go as work created by Cyclone Gabrielle in Hawke's Bay finishes.

A trained astrophysicist has won the Young Vintners scholarship at the 2026 Hawke's Bay Wine Awards, but sees the irony in winning the title.

A night for the sisterhood is being hosted in Waipukurau's Civic Theatre, with menopause, midlife and more as the topic of conversation.

Former All Blacks captain Taine Randell says it's "incredible" he has landed in the top 10 of New Zealand First's list in his first election.

The city centre of Hastings is set to come alive with art in an evening of free fun that marks the start of the Hawke's Bay Arts Festival.

Former All Blacks captain and potential debut politician Taine Randell has landed in New Zealand First's top 10 in his first election.

A Hawke's Bay election candidate with a chequered past has pulled out of the running hours before the nomination deadline.

Napier's mayor and councillors are expected to be in their new chambers just ahead of the 10th anniversary of the civic building's evacuation after a failed seismic risk assessment in 2017.

Central Hawke's Bay mayor Will Foley wants a standardised approach to bridge building in New Zealand and says it could save councils millions of dollars without compromising safety or quality.

An internal review is underway after an autopsy found Terry the turtle, one of the National Aquarium of New Zealand's most beloved sea creatures, likely died of internal bleeding.

A weatherboard house and cottage at a former Hawke's Bay campground are for sale, but the buyer will have to remove them.

Hawke's Bay father-and-daughter motor rally team Ben and Charlotte Harding had a classic Kiwi family moment in the national championship after crashing off the road and detouring through farm paddocks.

A dairy and two service stations have been burgled in Havelock North and Napier within two hours.

People who whakapapa to the Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa are getting a reprieve at the pump amid soaring fuel costs.

An Air New Zealand plane that declared a mayday as it approached Hawke's Bay Airport this morning has landed safely.

Political stalwart Ron Mark is back as the New Zealand First candidate for Wairarapa.

Lee Bullivant can't remember crashing his car into a stationary ute in a Napier carpark.