Cyclone Gabrielle killed 11 people nationwide and destroyed thousands of homes in February 2023. Two years on, its grieving victims are warning authorities have failed to make the changes needed to ...

After two years of major damage from storms, a key government unit has made an abrupt change to focus on cyber security over and above natural disasters.

Photo / NZME Napier City Council has the opportunity to save Hawke’s Bay Tourism after Hastings District Council and Central ...

An army of caravans and motorhomes has descended on Napier for the city’s biggest event of the year, the Art Deco Festival.

Mike Brown’s children were hitchhiking to school after their bus route to Tamatea High School was cancelled. His daughter has now found a ride but his son hasn’t. The Ministry ...

The values of homes in flood-hit areas of Wairoa have dropped up to 50% since 2021. New rating valuations prepared by ...

Napier has decided to close its only non-self-contained freedom camping spot, effectively banning vehicles without a fixed ...

And, were emergency services fully prepared to respond to the deadly destruction of Cyclone Gabrielle; which created so much ...

His other silt-ravaged paddocks can be seen growing sunflowers and a mixture of soil-healing plants. Wilson said the crop ...

A working cellphone can be the difference between life and death during a natural disaster. When cellphones failed to ...

A proposed housing development in Kerikeri could add as many as 3000 new homes to the Bay of Islands boom town - almost doubling the current 8000-strong population.