Kiwis are rushing into lucky Lotto stores ahead of tonight`s $20 million jackpot draw.Unichem Stortford Lodge Pharmacy in Hastings - which has been dubbed among the nation`s luckiest stores having sold more First Division-winning... Read...
Motorbike riders are beginning to gather to carry slain Hawke`s Bay teen Ariki Rigby to her public funeral in Hastings.Ariki will be farewelled with a `celebration of life` ceremony today – just under two weeks since a car in which... Read...
Watch the full Local Focus interview for Ana Apatu`s views on the region`s biggest issues, and our less important quickfire questions. Ana Apatu (Ngāti Kahungunu) is a member of the Hastings District Health Board, and has worked... Read...
Watch the full Local Focus interview for Sayeed Ahmed`s views on the region`s biggest issues, and our less important quickfire questions. Hawke`s Bay Muslim leader Sayeed Ahmed has decided to stand for Hastings District Council... Read...
Watch the full Local Focus interview for Maxine Boag`s views on the region`s biggest issues and our less important quick-fire questions Born and bred in Hastings, Maxine Boag is seeking her sixth term on the Napier City Council... Read...
An 86-year-old Hastings man has endured hours of surgery after being attacked by a dog on a street that saw him pass out from blood loss.John Berkhan recalled going for his usual walk on Cunningham Cres last Monday morning - initially... Read...
Police have confirmed that a person died following a crash in Hastings at the end of August.A police spokesman said a person involved in the crash on Maraekakaho Rd on Tuesday, August 30 has died. `The Coroner has accepted jurisdiction... Read...
A Hastings woman who created a portrait of the Queen with her typewriter in the 1950s had completely forgotten she`d done it until news of the monarch`s death brought it back into focus.`I was having a few doubts thinking did I... Read...