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30-year-old man arrested in connection with body in burnt vehicle case

A 30-year-old Hastings man has been charged with murder today after a body was discovered in a burnt-out car earlier this week. Detective Inspector Martin Jame...

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Extra focus on Hawke’s Bay Cyclone recovery and rebuild News

Extra focus on Hawke’s Bay Cyclone recovery and rebuild

Local MPs have been appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretaries to assist Mark Mitchelll, the Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery, with the  ...

Homicide investigation launched in Hastings News

Homicide investigation launched in Hastings

The investigation into the body located inside a burnt out vehicle in Longlands on Tuesday has been upgraded to a Homicide inquiry.  Detective Inspector M...

Events to keep your Easter Weekend hopping along News

Events to keep your Easter Weekend hopping along

This Easter Weekend will be filled with hot cross buns, chocolate eggs, attempted sleep-ins, and the odd rain shower but that doesn't stop the fun events across...

Keep dogs away from human treats this Easter to prevent emergency treatment News

Keep dogs away from human treats this Easter to prevent emergency treatment

If chocolate, hot buns, and Easter egg hunts are on your agenda this long weekend, make sure they are kept well away from your dog to help avoid an urgent trip...

Body found in car being treated as suspicious by police News

Body found in car being treated as suspicious by police

Hawke’s Bay Police have confirmed that they are treating the death of a person found in a burnt vehicle this week as suspicious. Police said in a stateme...

Video: Cyclone Gabrielle volunteers win New Zealand Community of the Year Award News

Video: Cyclone Gabrielle volunteers win New Zealand Community of the Year Award

Cyclone Garbielle Volunteers have won the Mitre 10 New Zealand Community of the Year Ngā Pou Whirinaki o te Tau award at the 2024 Kiwibank New Zelander of the...

Funding available for region's biodiversity News

Funding available for region's biodiversity

The Biodiversity Hawke's Bay Enviromental Enhancement contestable fund opens today (28 March) to support individuals and groups with projects to advance the reg...

Video: Resource Management Act reform is critical for Hawke's Bay and nationally, says David Seymour News

Video: Resource Management Act reform is critical for Hawke's Bay and nationally, says David Seymour

Resource Management Act reform is “absolutely critical” for Hawke's Bay and nationally, says Minister of Regulation David Seymour. Seymour told Haw...

Video: Email vowing to "name and shame" Hastings councillors for being "pro perversion" referred to police News

Video: Email vowing to "name and shame" Hastings councillors for being "pro perversion" referred to police

A "threatening" email sent to Hastings District Councillors by local Destiny Church Pastor Michael Ngahuka vowing to "name and shame" them for being "pro-perver...

Pakowhai Road open after being blocked by two-vehicle crash News

Pakowhai Road open after being blocked by two-vehicle crash

A crash involving two vehicles blocked Pakowhai for some time this afternoon, causing traffic to back up.  A police spokesperson said the crash was report...

Video: peaceful protest for cancelled drag queen story time event held in Hastings' Civic Square News

Video: peaceful protest for cancelled drag queen story time event held in Hastings' Civic Square

Rainbow flags flew, karaoke was sung, sausages were sizzled along words of encouragement and love for those in the rainbow communities in Civic Square Hasting...

Hawke's Bay Police investigating after body found in burnt vehicle News

Hawke's Bay Police investigating after body found in burnt vehicle

A body has been found in a vehicle that caught fire last night, police say. Detective Inspector Martin James, District Crime Services Manager, said in a s...

Police investigating vehicle fire at Hastings property News

Police investigating vehicle fire at Hastings property

Police are making enquiries following the discovery of a vehicle on fire at a property in Hastings last night. The incident on Irongate Road West was reported...

Video: Young Hawks Team Ready To Take Flight News

Video: Young Hawks Team Ready To Take Flight

The Taylor Hawke's Bay Hawks are hoping to set their season off with a bang when they go up against Tauranga Whai on Thursday night. With a new coach and a y...

Video: Changes need to be made at a local, regional and national level, says head of review into Cyclone Gabrielle response News

Video: Changes need to be made at a local, regional and national level, says head of review into Cyclone Gabrielle response

Changes need to be made at a local, regional and national level when it comes to handling natural disasters, says the head of an independent review panel into t...

Hastings District Council cancels Rainbow Storytime event due to public safety risk News

Hastings District Council cancels Rainbow Storytime event due to public safety risk

Hastings District Council says disinformation being spread about an upcoming library programme has forced it to cancel a children’s storytime event, and a...

“Peaceful” protest planned for Drag Queen Rainbow storytime at Hastings Library News

“Peaceful” protest planned for Drag Queen Rainbow storytime at Hastings Library

“Peaceful” protests are planned by local Destiny Church members at the Hastings Library tomorrow where Drag Queen Rainbow storytime sessions will be...

Video: Councils need to apologise after Independent Review finds Cyclone Gabrielle response failings News

Video: Councils need to apologise after Independent Review finds Cyclone Gabrielle response failings

Hawke’s Bay’s local councils need to apologise to the victims of Cyclone Gabrielle, says Dan Gale, whose Eskdale Holiday Park was destroyed by the C...