TAG Oil has started drilling an exploratory well near Dannevirke, with opponents accusing the Canadian company of not consulting widely enough.
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Napier Mayor Barbara Arnott is not seeking re-election at October's polls - ending 12 years in the top job.
Pest controllers are reporting an extended, "rat season" following a long dry spell which has led to a population boom.
Name suppression lapsed yesterday for the man alleged to have used his girlfriend and her one-year-old son as human shields against police pepper spray.
Napier Pirate Rugby and Sports loosie Marcus Donovan handed in the captaincy for his team this season.
Napier's Unity Week awards and Robson Lecture faced one of its biggest tests yesterday in a challenging address from Auckland University Professor of Maori Studies, Margaret Mutu.
Can someone explain how 'unity' and Margaret Mutu can be connected?
Easter time and the bunnies were in abundance on the streets of Pongaroa.
The arrival of contractors at William Nelson Park marks the start of a much anticipated, innovative development which will include a skate plaza, children's playground and grassed area.
At last a decent skate park in Hawkes Bay Hastings putting Napier to shame yet again I just hope the council don't feel the need to put bollards in the middle of it
Police are trying to trace the driver of a utility vehicle found flipped onto its roof on Kahuranaki Road late yesterday afternoon.
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The topic of racism is rife in New Zealand and everywhere the issue is demanding attention.
Summer seems to have come to a rather abrupt end. Last weekend, I was wandering around in shorts. Today, I am sitting at my desk wearing a polar fleece hoodie, with my feet resting on a heater.
A highly manipulative fraudster who conned a former boyfriend out of $80,000, wrecking his business and "destroying his life", has been jailed for four years today. Convicted con artist Diane Louise Boyd, 47, preyed on men who thought they were entering into a "romantic and trusting relationship" with her, the judge said. But once gaining their trust, she would steal from them in all manner of ways - by using credit cards, tapping into their bank accounts, and forging signatures. She managed to convince one victim, who she met through the NZ Dating online service, that she could do a better…
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