Articles by Doug Laing
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National
Golden Shears: Southland’s Leon Samuels first South Island champion since 1989
Monday, 4 March 2024, 12:24PMSouthland shearer Leon Samuels became the first South Islander to win the Golden Shears open shearing title in 35 years in...
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National
'This was different': The text that stopped two radio hosts in their tracks
Saturday, 10 February 2024, 9:20AMIf you’re sitting on your chuff while the rest of your world is being hit by the worst disaster in 92 years, and you’re inside...
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National
'We need to take on these challenges': Massive rates hike forecast for Napier
Thursday, 1 February 2024, 3:45PMNapier is looking at a possible record annual rates increase of over 20 per cent for the 2024-2025 year. A statement from...
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National
Cyclone victims could pay some of the costs of demolishing their homes, council suggests
Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 3:01PMSome Hawke’s Bay Cyclone Gabrielle victims involved in Category 3 voluntary buy-out processes with councils might be asked...
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Sport
Shearing: Tapawera Shears - nurse Kimberly MacLean wins intermediate grade
Monday, 29 January 2024, 11:46AMA 22-year-old emergency department nurse continues to claim winning ribbons, in a drive to help keep shearing competitions...
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Sport
Shearing sports’ big weekend: Results from the six shows in three days
Monday, 22 January 2024, 1:41PMIt was a big weekend for Masterton shearer Paerata Abraham, who had two title wins – 24 hours and over 1000km apart - after...
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National
Highway or the byway - Wairoa waits with hope
Sunday, 31 December 2023, 10:12AM“Promises, promises” will be ringing in the ears of Wairoa Mayor Craig Little over the holiday break as he refuses to hold...
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National
Shearing: Megan Whitehead and Hannah McColl smash two world records
Monday, 18 December 2023, 10:27AMCousins Megan Whitehead and Hannah McColl got shearing sports’ biggest season of tally-busting in New Zealand off to a huge...
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Crime
'A big shock': Killed Kiwi mum in Brisbane remembered by lifelong friend
Monday, 11 December 2023, 9:29PMWARNING: This article discusses domestic violence. A life-long friend of New Zealand mother of four Siva Auvae, who was stabbed...
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National
Public fireworks display misfires into crowd in Hastings
Monday, 30 October 2023, 9:12PMOrganisers of a Diwali festival held in Hastings on Saturday say they are doing everything they can to prevent any recurrence...
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Sport
Magpie charged after drive crash in Ranfurly Shield match revelry
Monday, 2 October 2023, 4:55PMA Hawke’s Bay Magpies player has been charged in relating to a drink-driving crash on a night of Ranfurly Shield revelry...
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National
Car careens onto central Hastings footpath
Sunday, 1 October 2023, 2:10PMA car has overturned and careened over a footpath and hit a building in Hastings. The crash happened just after 12.10pm on...
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National
Midden cluster from the 1800s unearthed in Hawke's Bay
Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 3:09PMArchaeologists have discovered possibly the biggest cluster of historic domestic waste dumps found in Hawke’s Bay in European...
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Sport
Tui eye giant-killing role in Christchurch
Friday, 1 September 2023, 4:59PMHawke’s Bay Tui captain and leading points-scorer Krysten Cottrell has been around long enough to know it’s a big call to...
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National
Furious blaze destroys vacant Napier lodge
Tuesday, 15 August 2023, 3:37PMPolice and fire specialists are investigating an early morning blaze which destroyed a vacant, century-old beachfront Napier...
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National
Early-morning fire destroys vacant Napier lodge
Tuesday, 15 August 2023, 6:59AMAn unoccupied Napier Marine Parade landmark which has accommodated backpackers from dozens of countries around the world...
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Sport
All Blacks XV player suspended for using cannabis
Wednesday, 9 August 2023, 1:16PMAll Blacks XV and Hurricanes player Isaia Walker-Leawere has served a one-month ban from all sport after a sample during...
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Politics
Election promise: National vows to make Hawke's Bay Expressway four lanes
Monday, 31 July 2023, 1:44PMA Government lead by the National Party will four-lane the Hawke’s Bay Expressway if the National Party is returned to the...
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Crime
Million dollar bust: Police seize guns, gold, cash, drugs and eight vehicles
Wednesday, 26 July 2023, 4:04PMDrugs, guns, gold and about $200,000 in cash have been seized in a police Organised Crime Unit and Asset Recovery operation...
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National
Five months gone, still no sign of Joseph Ahuriri and his truck
Monday, 24 July 2023, 1:48PMJoseph Ahuriri and his light truck remain missing, more than five months after disappearing north of Napier on the morning...
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Sport
Hawke’s Bay trio in big US win
Tuesday, 11 July 2023, 2:11PMThree members of the 2023 Hawke’s Bay Magpies NPC squad are already winners this year after playing for the New England Free...
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Sport
Rally cancellation means Hawke’s Bay has to wait for SVG
Thursday, 6 July 2023, 12:44PMHawke’s Bay will have to wait for its next chance to see New Zealand motor racing star Shane van Gisbergen, who this week...
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National
Record cruise season lined up for Napier
Sunday, 2 July 2023, 2:16PMTwo giants of ocean voyaging will make their maiden visits to Napier in a record season of 92 cruise stops with 130,000 passengers...
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National
'Stay where you are': Cop strips to undies for daring sea rescue
Saturday, 1 July 2023, 10:13AMA teenager struggling for her life in notorious heavy surf off Napier’s Marine Parade was talking to police on her cellphone...