Hawke's Bay, New Zealand News

ASSEMBLY: Earthquake survivors filled the Napier Boys' High School hall yesterday, where there were speeches and the cutting of a commemorative cake by the oldest and youngest survivors.

A tomahawk-wielding man has been sentenced to three years and four months jail for assaulting two recent Asian immigrants as he tried to rob their Havelock North dairy.

Naturist Andrew Pointon is organising the first Tauranga World Naked Bike Ride in March, but not everyone is happy about the event.

A shot of Gin Wigmore was just what the crowd ordered to round out the line-up at last night's Classic Hits Winery Tour at Black Barn.

CLASS ACT: Ellie Young, 3, of Hastings, does an Art Deco dance as the kindergarten youngsters embrace the glitz and glamour age.

Bigwigs: cars wend their way down a lane cleared through the rubble of the 1931 Napier earthquake in a scene which may resonate with Christchurch people upset that only dignitaries appear to be getting access to the Chch CBD.

This initiative, which started in 2006, saw the release of the 100th kiwi into the privately owned 15,000 acre Maungataniwha Native Forest, in the northern Hawke's Bay, yesterday.

One person is dead and three seriously injured after a head-on crash north of Wairoa near Nuhaka about 10am.

AAH programme in Hawke's BayRussell WillsGOOD planning, using established community relationships and health partnerships, along with dogged determination, have helped carve out a successful children's health programme in Hawke's Bay.

Buildings collapsed like cardboard as the magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Hawke's Bay at 10:46am on 3 February 1931.A At least 258 people died in New Zealand's worst natural disaster, with a population of just 60,000 in Hawke's Bay at the time.

Two cars are understood to have been involved in the serious collision on State Highway 2 at about 10am this morning, said police central communications Sergeant Andy Dow.

Sporadic applause broke out several times during a presentation by Children's Commissioner Dr Russell Wills at a YMCA hosted breakfast in Havelock North yesterday.

A spate of pet cruelty in Hawke's Bay has left owners and animal carers distraught after cats and dogs were shot or scalded with hot liquid.

A man serving six years' jail for armed and masked raids on people's homes in Hawke's Bay used a phone in prison to hack into the Human Rights Commission's system and make almost $300 worth of calls to mobile phones.

People living near Waihau and Patoka lobbying for an upgrade to their rural roads could have their wishes granted this year.

STEAMED UP: Wayne Clark and his steam-mate Allan James with Henriette - the century-old star of this year's Art Deco weekend.

Work projects and community events are taking place throughout Hawke's Bay's state highway network and motorists can expect minor delays, the New Zealand Transport Agency says.

When you are dead, are you going to worry about where you're buried? Apparently, Hastings people are concerned about where their final resting place will be but more for the benefit of their loved ones left behind who may wish to visit from time to time.

SWISH LOOK: An artist's impression of the proposed blue turf for the London Olympics and also planned for the Sports Park hockey turf.

GOOD WORK: Napier Rotary's Paul O'Leary with Lowe Corporation Rescue pilot Dean Herrick at the service's Hastings base this week.