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Doug Laing

Hastings, New Zealand

Senior Reporter at Hawke's Bay Today

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Articles

  • ‘His presence lifted others’: Tributes flow for young Napier rugby star as homicide probe continues

    3 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | Gary Hamilton-Irvine |Doug Laing

    Kaea Karauria leading the haka for the champion Napier Ross Shield rugby team in 2022. Photo / SuppliedTributes are flowing for a rising Napier rugby star who was “the heart and soul of every team” he played for, as police continue to investigate his death and appeal for information. Kaea Karauria, 15, was found critically injured at an Alexander Ave property in the Napier suburb of Onekawa about 3am on Sunday. Despite all efforts by ambulance staff, he died at the scene.

  • Local contract for $70.5 million Napier council and library precinct

    6 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | Doug Laing

    The vision of Napier's new civic precinct buildings, construction of which is set to start in June. Image / Napier City CouncilConstruction of Napier’s new civic centre is expected to start by the end of June following the awarding of the lead contract to Hawke’s Bay consortium MCL Stead.

  • On The Up: 11yo Taradale runner may have broken 5km world record

    1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Doug Laing

    A Taradale schoolboy could be an unofficial world record holder after running a 5km road race in just 17m 20s in Rotorua over the weekend. After the race in Rotorua, Jack Coombe (left) and fellow Napier runner Flynn Dobson (right) meet up with teenaged Tauranga running sensation Sam Ruthe.

  • From 'one of those pricks' to a 'legend in blue': How a parking warden tamed the streets

    1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Doug Laing

    Senior parking officer John McKelvie on one of his last days on the streets in 38 years of monitoring the meters in Napier. Photo / Doug LaingNapier parking warden John McKelvie says he might once have been “one of those pricks” that CBD drivers love to hate. But a lot can change in 38 years on the beat – he took the hint from a friend who reckoned he looked like a “garden gnome” as he strutted around in his uniform.

  • Napier’s Victoria Masonic Flats to be demolished to meet Healthy Homes standards, tenants given 90 days’ notice

    1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Doug Laing

    The Victoria Masonic Village in Morris Spence Ave, Napier, where residents are now looking for new homes, long-term or short-term, after being told to vacate by the end of July to enable the building of new accommodation. Photo / Doug LaingAs many as 30 pensioners are looking for new homes after being given 90 days to vacate one of Hawke’s Bay‘s oldest pensioner villages so that it can be rebuilt.

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