Articles by Hawkes Bay Today
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National
'Loving father': Tributes for man who died after running into sea while fleeing police
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 9:12PMTributes are being posted tonight for a man who died after running into the sea while fleeing police in Mount Maunganui yesterday. He...
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National
Emergency services called to workplace incident
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 2:02PMEmergency services are at an incident in the Western Bay of Plenty. A police spokeswoman said police were helping ambulance...
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National
Hawke's Bay bus driver's narrow escape after rock thrown through window
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 3:11PMA Hawke’s Bay bus driver says he was “fortunate” to have had a narrow escape when a rock was thrown through the windscreen...
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Sport
'Getting beyond the police': Eight members of rugby team and coach inside shot van
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 1:24PMEight club rugby players and their coach were in a van that was peppered with shotgun pellets by gang members as they fled...
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Sport
Rugby game turns violent: Supporters clash on field with knives, team van shot at
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 9:33AMA visiting rugby team’s van was peppered with what appear to be shotgun rounds as they drove away from a Hawke’s Bay ground...
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Crime
Ex-NZ sports champ among group arrested over 50kg cocaine bust at Tauranga port
Tuesday, 2 April 2024, 3:53PMAuthorities have intercepted 50kg of cocaine at the Port of Tauranga and arrested a group of men, including a former New...
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National
'Rare human': Tributes flow for tireless 'community champion'
Monday, 1 April 2024, 2:59PMTributes are flowing for Bay of Plenty “community champion” and “rare human” Richard Crawford, who died after suffering a...
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National
Cyclone review: Hawke's Bay Civil Defence staff told those concerned about flooding they were 'over-reacting'
Monday, 25 March 2024, 3:21PMConcerned residents who rang Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence and Emergency Management in the days before Cyclone Gabrielle flooded...
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National
Tauranga Hospital locked down, armed police present
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 11:23AMTauranga Hospital has been locked down and armed police are present. A police spokeswoman said the hospital has been locked...
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National
City to trial on-demand ridesharing buses: 'A new era of public transport'
Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 1:36PMA new “corner-to-corner” on-demand ridesharing bus service will be trialled in Tauranga South by the Bay of Plenty Regional...
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Crime
Police swarm on Hastings motel after reported stabbing
Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 4:23PMPolice have rushed to a Hastings motel following a report that a person had been found in a unit with serious stab wounds. Officers...
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National
Building evacuated after discovery of 'potential explosive threat'
Monday, 11 March 2024, 2:45PMA building has been evacuated in Tauranga due to the discovery of a “potential explosive threat”. A police spokesperson said...
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National
Two dead after serious crash south of Hastings, third person critically injured
Sunday, 10 March 2024, 2:58PMTwo people are dead after a road crash south of Hastings on Friday while one remained in hospital with serious injuries on...
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National
New fluoridation plant for Dannevirke by the end of August
Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 2:24PMThe Tararua District Council will go ahead with a fluoridation plant in Dannevirke after the Ministry of Health revealed...
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National
'I just wanted to chase bad people and drive Holdens': Police Ten 7 star to retire from force
Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 12:00PM“It’s all I have ever known and all I have ever wanted to know.” That’s how Detective Senior Sergeant Rob Lemoto describes...
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National
'Quite hurtful': Culture war ignites over cyclone charity cookbook
Wednesday, 28 February 2024, 4:11PMA cookbook raising money for Cyclone Gabrielle recovery has been pulled from a Hawke’s Bay bookstore after concerns were...
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National
Heavy rain watch in place for BoP and Coromandel
Monday, 26 February 2024, 1:42PMA heavy rain watch remains in place for the Bay of Plenty and Coromandel Peninsula. MetService said the watch was in place...
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National
'A bit teary eyed': Hastings mechanic's shock death starts lasting legacy
Sunday, 25 February 2024, 5:19PMFriends and whanau of the late Reid O’Leary will lace-up the sneakers to “create chatter” in Hastings next month. Following...
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Crime
Motorbikes seized as gang members gather for tangi of man shot by police
Tuesday, 20 February 2024, 3:11PMMotorbikes have been seized and infringements issued in relation to a tangi for a gang member killed by police in Waikato...
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National
Oceans: Festival of Junior Life Saving - Biggest junior life-saving carnival to descend on Mount Maungnaui
Monday, 19 February 2024, 12:33PMHundreds of junior Surf Life Saving New Zealand members will soon be descending on Tauranga for the biggest junior life-saving...
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Politics
PM announces $63m funding for Cyclone Gabrielle silt and debris removal
Sunday, 11 February 2024, 3:18PMUrgent work to clean up cyclone-affected regions will continue, thanks to a $63 million boost from the Government for sediment...
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Crime
Member of public hit with bag as alleged shoplifters flee store in Hastings
Wednesday, 7 February 2024, 3:15PMShoplifters entered a Hastings store mid-afternoon on Tuesday and hit a member of the public before fleeing in a vehicle. Police...
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National
Serious injury, road closed after stock-truck trailer overturns near Waipawa
Wednesday, 7 February 2024, 1:42PMOne person has serious injuries following a stock-truck crash between Waipawa and Ōtāne, Central Hawke’s Bay, that has closed...
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Sport
NZ Black Caps vs South Africa at Mount Maunganui Bay Oval prompts rivalry
Friday, 2 February 2024, 2:22PMCourtenay Coetzee and Ryan Shutte both hail from South Africa, but only one of them will be backing their homeland’s team...