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Residents in Hawke's Bay's Kai-rakau have entered a second consecutive month of level 4 water restrictions

8 February 2026

Residents in Hawke's Bay's Kai-rakau have entered a second consecutive month of level 4 water restrictions

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Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed a fatal assault outside a Napier nightclub, to come forward
	4 Feb: Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed a fatal assault outside a Napier nightclub, to come forward... more

Police have launched an investigation after a body was found at a work site in Omahu near Hastings
	3 Feb: Police have launched an investigation after a body was found at a work site in Omahu near Hastings... more

Communities around Hawke's Bay are commemorating 95 years since the 1931 earthquake
	3 Feb: Communities around Hawke's Bay are commemorating 95 years since the 1931 earthquake... more

Napier Police have stood cordons down on Nuffield Avenue in Marewa, after a person was allegedly seen with a gun
	2 Feb: Napier Police have stood cordons down on Nuffield Avenue in Marewa, after a person was allegedly seen with a gun... more

Humidity in Auckland has hit 93 percent - and MetService says temperatures in the Super City are not expected to drop much lower than 29 degrees as the day goes on
	2 Feb: Humidity in Auckland has hit 93 percent - and MetService says temperatures in the Super City are not expected to drop much lower than 29 degrees as the day goes on... more

A man's in a critical condition in Hawke's Bay Hospital after he was assaulted outside a night club in Napier early this morning
	1 Feb: A man's in a critical condition in Hawke's Bay Hospital after he was assaulted outside a night club in Napier early this morning... more

A notorious mass murderer has been denied parole for the 17th time
	29 Jan: A notorious mass murderer has been denied parole for the 17th time... more

Police have arrested a suspect - weeks after a Palmerston North man was shot and seriously injured on Highbury's Marriner Street - on January 12
	28 Jan: Police have arrested a suspect - weeks after a Palmerston North man was shot and seriously injured on Highbury's Marriner Street - on January 12... more

Otaki MP Tim Costley is urging people to give emergency services space, after a reported helicopter crash near Paekakariki Hill Road, north of Wellington
	28 Jan: Otaki MP Tim Costley is urging people to give emergency services space, after a reported helicopter crash near Paekakariki Hill Road, north of Wellington... more

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