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It’s confirmed! The excitement expressed as grapes of every variety were harvested throughout Hawke’s Bay last month, has burst into euphoria; pressed grapes now safely in barrels and casks are being touted as exceptional and 2013 as the ‘vintage of ...
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The Paora Winitana-captained Hawks, two from four in the NBL, tip off at 7pm tomorrow at the Edgar Centre in Dunedin against the Otago Nuggets before doing it all over again at the Southland Stadium Velodrome, Invercargill, at the corresponding time the ...
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A handful of visibly upset year 11 students had to walk out before Tori Morrison ended her presentation at last week's Youth Alcohol Expo with the emotional plea: "Don't do this to your mothers . . . please be safe." This was the third year Mrs Morrison ...
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Prime Minister John Key has expressed his support for a multi-million-dollar irrigation scheme in the Hawke's Bay. On a visit to what he described as the "rural heartland", Mr Key was in Dannevirke yesterday backing a major water storage project and oil ...
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The Hawke's Bay Regional Council has been cleared by the Office of the Auditor General from claims Transparent Hawke's Bay made against it. The Auditor General responded to claims the council had not met its statutory obligations to consult on the proposed ...
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For the sixth year in a row, the exceptional people and establishments that make up our hospitality industry in Hawke’s Bay have been announced. The Hospitality Awards are for the industry by the industry. Over the last two months industry workers ...
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A new appointment to the board of the Hawke’s Bay Opera House has been announced. Chairman John Buck has confirmed the appointment of Michael Bain as a director on the board of the Opera House for a period of 3 years from July 1st 2013. Mr Bain is a ...
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The programme is the only one of its kind in Hawke's Bay and one of just a handful of national providers. The closure leaves the 30 disabled children and young people without after-school care, and puts 16 staff out of a job. Disabled children are often ...
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A barman was robbed at gunpoint and assaulted while four patrons were attacked outside another pub in two violent episodes in Hawkes Bay at the weekend. In the first incident, two employees of Hastings' Horse & Hound bar ended their Saturday night shift at ...
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A Hawke's Bay iwi says it is buying back tribal land with the purchase of Tautane Station, one of the North Island's prime coastal farm stations. Kahungunu Asset Holding Co, on behalf of Ngati Kahungunu iwi, or tribe, has completed the purchase of the ...
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27 year old male received facial and arm injuries when his van collided with a bridge near Tikokino Hawke's Bay.
                                               The Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter crew were responded to a 27 year old male who had received facial and arm injuries when his van collided with a bridge near Tikokino. The male driver was airlifted by rescue helicopter to Hawke's Bay Regional Hospital for further treatment.
Euphoria over 2013 Hawkes Bay wine vintage
It’s confirmed! The excitement expressed as grapes of every variety were harvested throughout Hawke’s Bay last month, has burst into euphoria; pressed grapes now safely in barrels and casks are being touted as exceptional and 2013 as the ‘vin...
The Phoenix Foundation is coming to Napier in July
In celebration of the release of their brand-new double album ‘Fandango’, The Phoenix Foundation announces a six-stop New Zealand tour this July. New Zealand fans are in for a treat of a live show "on the spectrum between Spinal Tap's Jazz Ody...
Transparency Hawke's Bay's complaints fail to spark further investigation.
Complaints alleging a lack of consultation and conflicts of interest relating to the proposed Ruataniwha water storage scheme in Hawke's Bay have been dismissed by the Auditor-Generals Office. The Ruataniwha dam could irrigate up to 25,000 hectare...
New Netball Central Zone broadens prospects for Hawkes Bay
The new Netball Central Zone celebrated the beginning of a new era for regional netball at a Grand Launch on Sunday. The event, which took place at the Hotel Coachman in Palmerston North, featured the introduction of the zone’s inaugural U23 team...
Sgt Larvelle
The Man with 10,000 Voices Michael Winslow - star of Police Academy - announces (read: honks, hoots, whinnies) that he’s bringing his motormouth to New Zealand for six outrageous live shows this August. Instantly recognizable for his role as Sgt...
Napier City Council CEO says bus deal was not so great.
                                          Despite the cost of the two art deco-themed buses coming in under budget by about $367,000 Napier City...
Hawkes Bay students horrified by the result of drink-driving.
  A handful of visibly upset year 11 students had to walk out before Tori Morrison ended her presentation at last week's Youth Alcohol Expo with the emotional plea: "Don't do this to your mothers . . . please be safe." This was the third...
Napier bike roads ready for the kids
The tricky job of keeping youngsters off Napier's new road, built especially for them, is almost over. Children are invited to bring their bikes, helmets and their parents along to the opening of the new Junior Cycling Track on Napier's Marine Para...
First time competition success in Hawkes Bay’s Salon Culinaire.
  UCOL Wairarapa Cookery students are on the road again to prove their culinary caliber. Fresh from first time competition success in Hawkes Bay’s Salon Culinaire, the group will represent UCOL Wairarapa in several trainee and Open competi...
Napier city councillor's Canadian murder hearing put off.
  The pre-trial hearing for the former Napier city councillor charged with murdering his wife in Canada has been adjourned until next month. The hearing for Peter Beckett, 56, was scheduled for this week but was put off until June 11, a Salm...
Harlem Globetrotters squad arrives in Napier - Pettigrew Green Arena: Friday 31-May 7.30pm.
Tomorrow (Thursday 23 May) there will be a media session for the Harlem Globetrotters as they get ready to start their first tour of New Zealand since 1999. The first game of their seven cities in seven days tour starts on Saturday. There is a ful...

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