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Seymour finds common ground in Hawkes Bay

If there’s one politician who can move seamlessly from an upmarket women’s clothing store to a dimly-lit bar with a dozen televisions blasting the horse racing, to a famers market, it’s David Seymour. Emma Hatton reports on his 24 hours in Hastings.

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Ranfurly Shield: Give it to the Heartland

Hawkes Bay's players don't deserve the Ranfurly Shield. NZ Rugby should give it to teams who could show it and its history and adoring fans some respect, writes Adam Julian

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A new start for a long cricket career

A Wellington double code star switches to cricket for Hawkes Bay and is relishing the lifestyle and training opportunities, writes Aiden McLaughlin

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Sir Roger Douglas' nephew bets business on big Act win

Despite his uncle's doubts, the Act Party’s number 16 candidate is so sure his party will turn out more MPs than ever, he’s already put his Hawkes Bay business up for sale, reports Emma Hatton

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Rare private prosecution in forestry death

A Tairāwhiti family has brought a rare private prosecution against a logging contractor over the workplace death of their son in a Hawkes Bay pine forest. Rebecca Macfie reports.

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A spectator, an umbrella, and a career reborn

Being banned for hitting back at a spectator after being sent off changed Gemma Woods' career path and outlook. Now she's chalked up 70 games for Hawkes Bay.

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DIY climate retreat: the village that won't wait on government

As Hawke's Bay councils meet behind closed doors this week to debate a deal to buy out high flood-risk properties, one small Māori community is going it alone. Jonathan Milne reports.

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An ode to recovery

A report on people in Hawkes Bay living in tents, caravans, garages, sleep-outs, sheds and actual houses.

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School holidays, with gun

Notes on a New Zealand childhood in the sticks in Hawkes Bay

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No fast answers for cyclone-affected properties

Some certainty has arrived for those impacted by severe weather events earlier this year but the bulk of the detail for a buyout scheme affecting at least 700 homes is a work in progress, writes political editor Jo Moir.

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Census turnout low despite $37m blowout

Concerns are being expressed over low returns as the census budget potentially leaps to $300 million.

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Finally, water’s health is being put first

Two water-first decisions, 1000km apart, suggest the country is turning a conservation corner. David Williams reports.

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Hawkes Bay residents want to know where the Red Cross is

Only 10 percent of the Red Cross relief fund for post-Gabrielle recovery in Hawkes Bay has been given out - so what’s the hold-up? Matthew Scott finds out.

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Disaster-in-waiting warn south’s farmers

Cyclone Gabrielle’s hammering of Hawkes Bay has ignited fears in Southland of bridges failing and farmland flooding through “mismanagement” of accumulated gravel.

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Central Hawkes Bay finds out what it's made of

Central Hawkes Bay, overwhelmed and angry a month on from Cyclone Gabrielle, is feeling a warm glow from southern cuzzies.

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Where are my horses?

Watch: One Hawkes Bay woman's anguish over the horses taken in Cyclone Gabrielle

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Cyclone Gabrielle's impact on New Zealand's 'fruit bowl'

Cyclone Gabrielle has devastated fruit and vegetable crops in New Zealand's fruit bowl: Hawkes Bay.

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Let's end obsession with building poor housing as cheaply as possible

The houses that survived the Esk floods this time also survived the Esk floods last time, for the same reasons – siting the house on a rise, not on the valley floor

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After the cyclone

There's one thing taking the edge off having lost everything in Hawkes Bay, and that's the number of volunteers dropping everything to help. Bonnie Sumner reports from one of the country's hardest-hit regions.

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Small winemakers banding together for cyclone relief

Donated bottles of wine will generate as much as $40,000 for their cyclone-damaged peers.

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Disaster, in the company of strangers

Aged 67, with eyelash extensions and a year of weightlifting under her belt, Lindy Andrews joined Taskforce Kiwi - a volunteer group made up of defence and emergency services veterans - to get stuck in with cyclone relief in Hawkes Bay

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Calls for wider and permanent RSE rule changes

The urgent review of seasonal worker visa settings would benefit from a cemented emergency provision, advocates say.

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Hawkes Bay's grapes of wrath

The Hawkes Bay wine industry, along with other primary producers in the area, faces a long road to recovery after Cyclone Gabrielle. Bonnie Sumner talks to a vineyard manager about why some local wines will be short supply for years to come.

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Bulk of Hawkes Bay fruit growers’ crops uninsured

Orchardists are picking up the pieces from Gabrielle and keen on all the support they can get.

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Crackdown: Pawnbrokers and payday lenders target cyclone victims

Commerce Commission files court action to regulate pawn loans, but too late for vulnerable communities of Hawkes Bay and Tairāwhiti. Jonathan Milne reports.

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