Hawke's Bay

Eight farms want to take 15 million cubic metres of water out of the local aquifer for extra irrigation. Water security is the top issue for many in the Central Hawke's Bay district.

A Hawke's Bay company making a pumpkin milk has been recognised at the World Plant-Based Awards in New York.

The tragedy occurred at a beach known to be unsafe for swimming.

Wairoa locals talk with reporter Tom Kitchin about the introduction of the traffic light system and how to increase their vaccinations to move up out of red.

The company obtained Overseas Investment Office approval to buy the 69.4 hectares of land from the Lowe family, earlier this month, for an undisclosed price.

A Covid-19 case has been confirmed in Hawke's Bay after the person visited Hawke's Bay hospital.

Napier residents are demanding health authorities be more upfront about a case of Covid-19 in the city.

Health officials thought a man diagnosed with Covid-19 in Napier was in Auckland.

Police in Hawke's Bay have arrested a 32-year-old man sought following an incident in Flaxmere this morning.

Covid-19 swabbers are preparing for a rush of people in Hawke's Bay today, after news of a positive case.

Sweltering temperatures in the Hawke's Bay city fall short of being officially declared a heatwave.

Napier Port has shaken aside the effects of Covid-related disruptions and fewer ship visits to post a record full year profit.

Hawke's Bay temperatures over the past few days would be considered unusually warm even in summer, and a forecaster says more is on the way next week. Audio

A year ago today, a weather bomb ripped through Napier. Council data shows 589 properties were damaged, with 115 left uninhabitable and 173 people having to evacuate from their home.

Napier residents have criticised the "appalling communication and lack of action" from the local health board over Covid-19 testing.

An Iraqi hairdresser living in Napier says he may be forced to close up and leave if he can't get his family into the country.

It comes after much controversy and anger from mana whenua and a protest on the city streets, after the council decided it would not add them in time for next year's election.

Hawke's Bay police are investigating an assault in Flaxmere where a man received stab wounds to his back and neck.

The government's beefing up efforts to vaccinate Māori against Covid-19 by getting the prime minister out on the road.