Thousands turnout for Waitangi Day celebrations and commemorations in Hawke s Bay
6 Feb, 2021 11:45 PM
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About 15,000 people attended the Waitangi Day Family Celebrations event at Mitre10 Park in Hastings. Photo / Ian Cooper
About 15,000 people attended the Waitangi Day Family Celebrations event at Mitre10 Park in Hastings. Photo / Ian Cooper
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Louise Gould
Thousands of people were out about in Hawke s Bay on Saturday at events celebrating and commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
A total of 15,000 people attended the Waitangi Day Family Celebrations event on Saturday hosted by Ngati Kahugnunu Iwi at the Mitre10 Sports Park in Hastings.
Name-calling sign gets the thumbs down from Maraenui
15 Jan, 2021 04:58 AM
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The offending sign at the intersection of Flaxmere Ave and Wilson Rd late on Friday afternoon. Photo / Paul Taylor
The offending sign at the intersection of Flaxmere Ave and Wilson Rd late on Friday afternoon. Photo / Paul Taylor
Doug Laing is a senior reporter for Hawke s Bay Todaydoug.laing@nzme.co.nzHawkesBayToday
A former Hastings councillor is unrepentant about erecting a sign that critics say takes a cheap shot at Napier suburb Maraenui.
David Pearse confirmed it is his sign at the intersection of Flaxmere Ave and Wilson Rd, which asks passersby Do we want Flaxmere to become another Maraenui?
Housing crisis: Young Napier family s Kāinga Ora home leaking for years, while children get sick
13 Jan, 2021 08:00 PM
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A Napier mother-of-four says her complaints about living in a leaking and mouldy state have been mostly ignored. Video / Warren Buckland
A Napier mother-of-four says her complaints about living in a leaking and mouldy state have been mostly ignored. Video / Warren Buckland
Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmichael.neilson@nzherald.co.nz
A Napier mother-of-four says her complaints about living in a leaking and mouldy state home that has made her children sick have been mostly ignored for the six years she has lived there.