Hawke's Bay, New Zealand News

Bagman or bogeyman? Simon Lusk is a shadowy figure in the National Party, credited with getting several MPs elected - yet publicly discredited as irrelevant by John Key.

Sarah Cates, of the Environment Centre Hawke's Bay, runs workshops for both adults and children on the benefits of worm farming.

Hawke's Bay Fish & Game regional manager Peter McIntosh appeared in the Hastings District Court yesterday to face charges in relation to an incident in April when his company-owned vehicle was found overturned on Kahuranaki Rd.

This Hawke's Bay Today front page portfolio won Daily Front Page of the Year at the APN Regional Media Awards.

RIBBING: Napier Technical players Zane Crook and Scott Mogford give Havelock North captain Adam Bradey stick in the build up to today's Nash Cup decider.

One of Hawke's Bay's most historic and luxurious conference and wedding venues, Ormlie Lodge off Omarunui Rd near Taradale, has closed its doors.

Thursday I attended a briefing by the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment on Hawke's Bay's job prospects in coming years.

Festival chairman John Edminstin said ticket sales were up on last year's, with more than 4000 tickets already sold.

With the extra moisture in the ground and sunshine we should get a good response.

With summer gone and with it the urge for something white and cool to drink, I pulled a red from the wine cellar and opened it without paying too much attention to its provenance, or to the variety.

WRAPPED UP: Pearl Pavitt says she will be taking advantage of the Government's new insulation and heating programme.

A shipment of Hawke's Bay apples held up by Russian border authorities for 11 days in March probably lost value, says Pipfruit New Zealand CEO Alan Pollard.

Another brazen attack on staff cars at Hawke's Bay Hospital this week has been labelled "mindless vandalism". Three cars were broken into through the back windows overnight on Tuesday, as staff worked a late shift inside.

The Hastings RSA is reeling after $50,000 worth of equipment used to help war veterans and the elderly was stolen.

A 27-year-old man was in a critical condition in Hawke's Bay Hospital after the van he was driving crashed into a one-way bridge over Manga-o-Nuku Stream, north of Tikokino in Central Hawke's Bay, yesterday.

Hastings District Council has put webcasting on hold until it finds out whether it'll be merged with other Hawke's Bay councils, a change likely to be made clear at the end of this year.

An abandoned car found in a forest near Taupo this month is not connected with the disappearance of hitchhiker Mona Blades almost 38 years ago, police say.

Nigel and Jacqueline Burbury are one step away from abandoning their Moore Rd orchard because there won't be enough water next year to grow fruit on the 24ha property they've worked for 22 years.

After the destruction and terror of the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake an eagle, in what was once shining brass but blackened by flames, rose like a phoenix from the rubble and ashes of the shattered Cathedral of St John Cathedral in Napier.

Local Government Commission The Local Government Commission has received an application to reorganise the three Wairarapa local authorities into a single council.