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Kapa haka honours hotly contested

Kapa haka honours hotly contested

Eighteen groups from 16 high schools thrilled the large crowd at the Te Matau a Maui (Hawke's Bay) Secondary Schools kapa haka competition. (40 photos)

Young Maori central to bay's future

Young Maori central to bay's future

A young, fast-growing Maori population hold the key to Hawke's Bay's future, a new report says.

Mayors want more scheme scrutiny

Mayors want more scheme scrutiny

Hawke's Bay mayors are so concerned about a $250m dam plan they've offered to pay for a review.

Woman left on couch for three years

Woman left on couch for three years

An elderly woman is alleged to have been left tied to furniture by her own daughter.

Woman left on couch for three years

Woman left on couch for three years

An elderly woman is alleged to have been left tied to furniture by her own daughter.

Fundraising is in the pink

Pink Ribbon breakfast Napier For Napier woman Tracey Thompson the Pink Ribbon Breakfast has become an annual fixture on her calendar.

Northern odyssey

Preparing fishy milkshakes, cleaning up seal poo and scrubbing pools is not everyone's idea of an island holiday but for marine-buff Jacque Wilton it is the ideal vacation.

Marathon to remember dad

US school trip is the one to beat them all

Splash Planet

Drought good for Planet

It has been a great summer for Splash Planet, according to the Hastings District Council's third quarter financial report.

Strength and skill propel Hudson

Piera Hudson After finishing a gruelling 147-day northern hemisphere campaign you might think that world ranked Hawke's Bay alpine ski racer Piera Hudson would be taking it easy - but no.

Hawks inched out

After thrashing the Super City Rangers by 45 points last week, the HBS Bank Hawks had the tables turned on them by the Auckland team in a rematch in the national basketball league on Sunday.

Rovers' defeat lifts Wairarapa up table

Hawks score big home win

Thomas Jenkins

Junior is supreme; one of three awards

Thomas Jenkins the first junior and supreme award Hawke's Bay Sports Awards winner..

Film review: Spring Breakers

Spring breakers Spring Breakers shines a light on the hedonistic world of American college students, but is not what you would expect.

Production set to slide in

William Colenso College students are performing Grease because this year marks the 30th anniversary of the film's release.

High-intensity band expect rowdy crowd

Comedians in moot melee

David Trubridge

Ocean waves lead Bay designer so far

Listed as one of the top 15 designers in the world by French magazine Express in 2008, Hawke's Bay designer David Trubridge continues to leave his mark on the world.

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