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6 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | Chris HydeEditor |Chris Hyde

A view looking upstream on the Ngaruroro River towards the gorge and cableway at Whanawhana. The dam would be built on a tributary of the river. Photo / Warren BucklandA proposed dam being led by Hawke’s Bay Regional Council on a tributary of the Ngāruroro River would have a wall 58 metres high. Councillor Xan Harding revealed more details of the proposed Whanawhana dam at the first meeting of the farming group Heretaunga Sustainable Water on Thursday.

1 month ago | nzherald.co.nz | Chris HydeEditor |Chris Hyde

Grant Bruce Jarden has been named as the victim of the glider crash in Hastings. The 71-year-old’s glider crashed onto the Hawke’s Bay Golf Club course. Several people were golfing when they witnessed the accident. Police have released the name of the man who died after a glider crashed into a Hastings golf course on Sunday. He was Grant Bruce Jarden, 71, of Hastings. “Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time,” a police spokesperson said.

1 month ago | nzherald.co.nz | Chris HydeEditor |Chris Hyde

A car impounded by Hawke's Bay police ahead of a planned boy racer meeting over the weekend. Some of a group of dozens of teenage drivers who had been terrorising rural road users with skids and burnouts in Hawke’s Bay drove right into a police checkpoint waiting for them on their way back home.

2 months ago | nzherald.co.nz | Chris HydeEditor |Chris Hyde

The Mangarau Stream in Havelock North swelled during Cyclone Gabrielle, flooding more than 30 homes. Photo / NZMEThe Chief Ombudsman has chided Hastings District Council for its failure to maintain dams above Havelock North and to clear village streams of debris before Cyclone Gabrielle.

Feb 13, 2025 | nzherald.co.nz | Chris HydeEditor |Chris Hyde

The damage to Kereru Gorge. It's been a long road to recovery in Hawke's Bay after Cyclone Gabrielle. THREE KEY FACTSTwo years after Cyclone Gabrielle, Hawke’s Bay is still recovering, with scars remaining evident. Buyouts of red-zoned homes have been quicker than Christchurch’s, but still painful for residents. Community tensions persist, with backlash against developments and disputes over flood prevention measures. Two years since Cyclone Gabrielle.