Why Hawke's Bay households will pay more for water by 2026 ... taking the average water services bill to $2200. ... LDR is local body journalism co-funded by RNZ and NZ On Air. Get the App.

An aviary at a wildlife sanctuary in financial strife has had its doors stripped in a stoush over an unpaid bill for almost a quarter of a million dollars. Pūkaha Mt Bruce National Wildlife ...

The soaring cost of water services under a new Government plan is likely to hit Napier and Hastings ratepayers in the pocket as early as 2026. Hastings ...

Hawke's Bay has some of the highest rates in the country due to three waters, roading and debt servicing.

Bye bye, Bordeaux. A red wine from Hawke’s Bay has been judged the best merlot in the world. Church Road won the International Merlot Trophy at the 2025 International Wine Challenge (IWC) for ...

A dispute about whether part of a Hawke’s Bay farm should be classed as wāhi taonga, and if so to what extent, has been dismissed by a High Court judge. (File photo)Monique Ford / Stuff A Hawke ...

Patriots’ Bill Belichick Linked to Tampa Bay Buccaneers Job originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Bill Belichick is one of the greatest coaches in NFL history. This week, Pro Football Talk's ...

Leaders of a controversial Hawke's Bay dam project faced tough questions from fired up locals at their first public meeting about the project.

Three Indigenous Māori MPs have received record suspensions from New Zealand's parliament after performing a haka on the chamber floor last year. The MPs were protesting a controversial bill that ...

A Member’s Bill entered into the biscuit tin will provide Police with new powers to crack down on anti-social behaviour and those who intimidate their fellow New Zealanders, Hamilton East MP ...

When the New Zealand Parliament debates "better law-making," most people yawn. It sounds procedural, technocratic — even boring. But beneath the jargon of “clarity,” “predictability ...

Wildlife biologist Lee Harding was sent to study beaver ecology in Sahtu Dene territory in 1972. Some 13 years later, he watched as Hudson’s Bay Company exited the fur business, and its original ...