Hawke's Bay

Plans have been revealed for 500 new homes bringing homes, jobs and opportunities to a community that has been on the end of bad publicity for many years.

The family of slain Hawke’s Bay teenager Ariki Rigby will have to wait more than a year for a scheduled trial of two men charged in connection with her death.

Video was shot on Wednesday at a vote on whether to keep Māori wards and shows several Mongrel Mob members wearing their regalia.

Despite challenges and delays to repair projects in Wairoa, Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa are working tirelessly to get whānau home.

Pōrangahau school is seeing an increase in students lashing out, hurting others and swearing.

A Pasifika community leader's legacy will be immortalised as he becomes the first Sāmoan to have a street named after him in Hawke's Bay, 23 years after his death.

Thousands gathered in Hastings for Toitū Te Reo, a first of its kind Māori language festival.

A Hawke's Bay sheep, beef and deer station damaged during Cyclone Gabrielle will be planted into rotational forestry.

The Cyclone Gabrielle flood review for Hawkes Bay reveals resourcing and funding of river and flood management was inadequate in many areas.

The flood response in Wairoa will be at the centre of a rapid government review, Environment Minister Penny Simmonds has announced this morning.