A Hastings bar owner says he thought a shotgun blast fired at his premises was a firework being let off.There have now been three shootings across Napier and Hastings in seven weeks including in Greenmeadows (September 26), Taradale... Read...

As food prices continue to climb, more people than ever are visiting Hastings` food rescue organisation - Nourished for Nil.Last month, the organisation had its biggest night ever, with 371 people coming to collect food.Nikki... Read...

Patrons at a Hastings bar narrowly avoided being shot, when a gun was fired into the entrance way. Read...

Police evacuated a popular Hastings bar overnight after a report of a shooting nearby.A witness told Hawke`s Bay Today police descended on Bar 2013 in the early hours of Sunday and cleared patrons out due to a report of a shooting.Nine... Read...

A radiologist under `tremendous pressure` in a short-staffed department at Hawke`s Bay Hospital missed a lesion on a woman`s lung in a CT scan, which was later diagnosed as cancer. The doctor says he was `heartbroken` to have been... Read...

A reclusive amateur gun-maker who liked to tinker in his shed amassed a small arsenal of home-made and improvised weapons including several pistols, a taser, and a firearm made out of a torch. Read...

A reclusive amateur gun-maker who liked to tinker in his shed amassed a small arsenal of home-made and improvised weapons including several pistols, a taser, and a firearm made out of a torch.When police raided his property near... Read...

For a month just one parking warden has been patrolling Hastings CBD due to a nationwide worker shortage.Hastings District Council usually has a team of five wardens, but has filled only the one position.John O`Shaughnessy, group... Read...

After 90 years and five generations of scooping, Sunday was the last day for Hastings` iconic icecream shop at 704 Heretaunga Street West.The Rush Munro garden, complete with goldfish ponds, was built in 1931 and features in many... Read...

Maurice Hastings was wrongfully convicted of murder and repeated requests for DNA testing were denied. Read...