Peter Fowler

The record damages handed down to New Zealand's biggest credit union is being hailed as as a stern warning to employers who breach their workers' privacy. Audio

Our Hawke's Bay reporter Peter Fowler joins us. Audio

Large numbers of people are expected to pay their respects to the late Ngati Porou Leader Apirana Mahuika over the next two days as he lies in state at Te Rahui Marae near Ruatoria. Audio

Recreational river users are considering legal action against the Hawke's Bay Regional Council after it decided not to prosecute a council for pumping toxic pollutants into the Tukituki River. Audio

Recreational river users are considering taking the Hawke's Bay Regional Council to court for deciding not to prosecute a district council for pumping toxic pollutants into the Tukituki River. Audio

Radio New Zealand's reporter for the region Peter Fowler explains what he sees as the two biggest stories happening in Hawkes Bay and Gisborne. We also hear from Napier Councillor Henare O'Keefe… Audio

A Hawke's Bay topdressing pilot who illegally carried passengers and crashed causing serious injury has been ordered to pay $10,000 and has been disqualified from flying for seven months. Audio

Seven generations of treasures are on display at a new museum, which has opened at Kahuranaki Station in Hawke's Bay. Audio

The case of a St John Ambulance paramedic who sexually abused women while taking them to hospital has been described by a judge as one of the worst of its type in this country. Audio

Commercial over-fishing in Hawke's Bay is being blamed for a steep decline in the recreational take, a decline that is angering those on the end of a line. Audio

New Zealand's largest credit union NZCU Baywide has admitted breaching the privacy of a former employee by taking a private Facebook image and distributing it to employment agencies. Audio

New Zealand's largest credit union NZCU Baywide says it accepts it made mistakes by distributing a former employees private Facebook photo to employment agencies but doesn't think it caused the harm… Audio

The former Chief Financial Officer of NZCU Baywide has told a Human Rights Review Tribunal Hearing he believes management deliberately stole a Facebook photo from a former employee in an act of malice… Audio

Two former senior executives of one of the country's largest credit unions are expected to support claims NZCU Baywide stole the private information of a former employee and used it to try to destroy… Audio

One of the country's largest credit unions has been accused of stealing the private information of a former employee and using it to try to destroy her career in the finance industry. Audio

A Waipukurau man accused of sexually assaulting four women in his St John ambulance has conceded it's extraordinary images were created on his phone at the exact time a girl alleged he abused her and… Audio

The trial of a St John ambulance officer has heard evidence showing he made two video files on his cellphone at the time a teenage girl claims she was abused. Audio

Hawke's Bay farmers have been told it's "now or never" for them to sign up to buy water from the proposed Ruataniwha water scheme. Audio

Federated Farmers is urging Central Hawke's Bay farmers to sign up to buy water from the Ruataniwha Dam scheme immediately, warning the opportunity may be lost otherwise. Audio

Four Hawke's Bay Regional Councillors have walked out of a full monthly council meeting in protest at a decision to keep secret a proposal for additional funding for the Ruataniwha Dam project. Audio