Motorbike riders are beginning to gather to carry slain Hawke`s Bay teen Ariki Rigby to her public funeral in Hastings.Ariki will be farewelled with a `celebration of life` ceremony today – just under two weeks since a car in which... Read...
Watch the full Local Focus interview for Ana Apatu`s views on the region`s biggest issues, and our less important quickfire questions. Ana Apatu (Ngāti Kahungunu) is a member of the Hastings District Health Board, and has worked... Read...
Watch the full Local Focus interview for Sayeed Ahmed`s views on the region`s biggest issues, and our less important quickfire questions. Hawke`s Bay Muslim leader Sayeed Ahmed has decided to stand for Hastings District Council... Read...
Watch the full Local Focus interview for Maxine Boag`s views on the region`s biggest issues and our less important quick-fire questions Born and bred in Hastings, Maxine Boag is seeking her sixth term on the Napier City Council... Read...
An 86-year-old Hastings man has endured hours of surgery after being attacked by a dog on a street that saw him pass out from blood loss.John Berkhan recalled going for his usual walk on Cunningham Cres last Monday morning - initially... Read...
Police have confirmed that a person died following a crash in Hastings at the end of August.A police spokesman said a person involved in the crash on Maraekakaho Rd on Tuesday, August 30 has died. `The Coroner has accepted jurisdiction... Read...
A Hastings woman who created a portrait of the Queen with her typewriter in the 1950s had completely forgotten she`d done it until news of the monarch`s death brought it back into focus.`I was having a few doubts thinking did I... Read...
The Hastings District Council says it has secured funding that will change some city streets to allow more students in the city to walk, cycle or scoot to school safely.Funding for the Heretaunga Arakura or Hastings Pathways programme,... Read...