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📢 Nine trucks, four tankers and a bulldozer are at the scene.
Firefighters from around Hawke's Bay rush to fire near Ōtāne
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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📢 The council closed part of Nelson Quay wharf, carpark and the boat ramp five weeks ago.
Remedial work lined up for stricken Ahuriri wharf
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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📢 Paper-Works Gallery's Christmas show packs more than 30 artists into one tight room.
Small Hawke's Bay gallery’s Christmas show celebrates big art in little space
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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📢 OPINION: Businesses don't have to suffer in silence when the walls are closing in.
Editorial: What we can learn from Mamas Donuts
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November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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📢 Corrections is self-funding the build within its existing departmental budget.

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New high security units to add 316 beds at Hawke’s Bay prison
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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📢 'To see their confidence grow as they learned new skills has been incredibly rewarding.'
Year 6s leave a legacy in wood at Clive School
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November 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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📢 The massage studio was a mainstay in the heart of Napier and had good reviews.
Napier massage studio closes owing almost $200,000 in taxes
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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📢 People were warned not to swim with the orca or come closer than 50m.
Orca pod freed from Napier estuary after stranding fears
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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📢 Junk mail sits in all 30 letterboxes but there are no residents to collect it.
'Madness': Newly-built Govt apartment block has sat empty for five months
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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📢 'It’s not about fixing yourself – it’s about finding what works for you.'
Nailing an apprenticeship through neurodiversity: 'Working with my hands helps me remember things'
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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📢 The Health and Disability Commissioner has apologised and reissued the critical report.
Surgeon misidentified as doctor who botched a woman's spinal surgery
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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📢 Tracey Richardson says her daughter's ERA victory brings justice after heartbreak.
'I'm proud of her:' How a dying woman’s wage battle became her final act of advocacy
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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📢 OPINION: The HBR meeting is to seek a decision on whether to proceed with the project.
John Jenkins: Hawke’s Bay Racing members to vote on racecourse project
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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📢 OPINION: Rates keep rising as families cut back. Mayors need to realise voters are angry.
Nick Stewart: The ‘squeeze play’ when essentials outpace everything
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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📢 Each incident means a pool shutdown, heavy cleaning costs and disappointed swimmers.
‘We need to talk about the rise in code browns’: Pool educates public after 20 closures
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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📢 Four Hawke’s Bay clubs start weekend patrols from today, and volunteers are wanted.

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Surf lifesavers return to Hawke’s Bay beaches, and new rescue buoys help too
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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📢 Some councillors will be able to access allowances of up to $5500 to improve security.
‘Behaviour has crossed the line’: Home security allowance for councillors
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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📢 Groundwater supplies about 40% of New Zealand’s drinking water.
Ancient water found deep below as scientists warn of aquifer risks
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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📢 'We didn’t want to miss it. There were a lot there first thing, 7am.'
A day out watching a bridge connect a community once more
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November 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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📢 OPINION: No brand wants to win a Yeah, Nah Award.

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Wyn Drabble: Consumer NZ’s anti-awards highly consumable
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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📢 Dr Peter Culham joined a Hawke’s Bay team treating 500 patients in Tanzania.
Volunteers treat 500 patients on three-week Tanzania mission: ‘We have no idea how lucky we are’
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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📢 Tukituki MP Catherine Wedd says new e-scooter rules could take effect by mid-2026.
'Outdated and dangerous': Govt wants to move e-scooters into cycle lanes as injury costs soar
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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📢 A Napier family has opened a pounamu shop where people can carve their own.
‘Make your own’: Family opens pounamu carving studio in centre of Napier
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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📢 OPINION: Mayors would gain extra responsibilities through new Combined Territories Boards.
Editorial: Caution needed moving forward with regional reforms
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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📢 It's the second month in a row that Hastings has hit a long-standing temperature record.
Hastings hits its hottest November temperature in at least 60 years as Hawke's Bay swelters
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM