Hawke’s Bay councils have set their rates for 2025/26, with the biggest increase of 15% at Hastings District Council, while Wairoa has the lowest at 5.2%. Read...

Jayde Winter Santana Staples died following a crash in Hastings on May 11. Read...

The Hastings District Council is considering opening Splash Planet - which is primarily a water park - during the off season as a destination playground. Read...

Police will be closely monitoring the movements of a gang funeral travelling from Napier through to Hastings on Wednesday morning. Read...

Three are in hospital and another was treated at the scene following blazes in Dunedin, Hastings and Levin. Read...

A person was found with “what are believed to be stab wounds” and was taken to hospital in a serious condition, police say. Read...

The teen has been charged with wilfully attempting to pervert the course of justice and is scheduled to reappear in the Hastings Youth Court. Read...

He sends regular photos of smoke from orchard burnoffs drifting over the Hastings and Havelock North airsheds to the council he once chaired. Read...

Havelock North resident Steve Gibson plans to stand for Hastings mayor and pledging to cap rate rises at or below the level of inflation. Read...

She has led the council since 2017. Read...