Haunting scenes as lone bugler plays Last Post as sun rises at Hawke's Bay beach

East Coast jobseekers' hundreds of applications without success

Social service providers say there are record numbers of people doing it tough with unemployment up 78% over the past three years.

Gang members busted after high levels of meth found in wastewater

Operation Tukituki was launched after methamphetamine gained increasingly strong grip on parts of the Hawke’s Bay.

Hastings is getting 180 new bus stops – but not everyone’s onboard

Blair Kyle and his neighbour, directly across the road, received letters from the Hastings District Council advising them it "will be establishing a new bus stop outside your home".

Hawke's Bay residents outraged as illegal dumpers start burning rubbish

Puketapu locals say years of rubbish dumping have worsened, with offenders now igniting trash and putting homes and vegetation at risk.