Hastings Leader

1 day ago | nzherald.co.nz | John Jenkins

Kate Hercock salutes the judge while bringing Platinum Designs back to the winner’s stall following their success in a Rating 73 race over 1000m at last Sunday’s Awapuni Synthetic meeting. Opinion by John JenkinsJohn Jenkins is a longtime racing journalist based in Hawke’s BayHawke’s Bay jockey Kate Hercock is poised to record her best season yet after a career spanning three decades.

1 day ago | nzherald.co.nz | Michael Fowler

Havelock North in 1925. The War Memorial on the right was used for the first time that year to commemorate Anzac Day. Photo / Michael Fowler CollectionSo, just what was occupying the hearts and minds of the good people of Havelock North (population 1050) 100 years ago? Well, for starters, the state of the footpath on Te Mata Road from just past St Luke’s Church to the shops on the right of the photograph above.

1 day ago | nzherald.co.nz | Gareth Carter

One of the most prolific flowering plants is the bold, bright, colourful cyclamen. There are plants for every season, something offering colour, fragrance or fruit. To plant a garden for all seasons requires some thought and planning. Alternatively, a trip to the garden centre every month and selecting some things that are flowering will in time develop a year-round garden.

1 day ago | nzherald.co.nz | Thomas Coughlan

Green Party co-leaders Chlöe Swarbrick and Marama Davidson. Photo / Mark MitchellOpinion by Thomas CoughlanThomas Coughlan, Political Editor at the New Zealand Herald, loves applying a political lens to people's stories and explaining the way things like transport and finance touch our lives. Learn moreJames Shaw’s fate was sealed months before he entered Government.

1 day ago | nzherald.co.nz | Mitchell Hageman

The first reviews for Lorde’s highly anticipated new album Virgin are in, with fans and critics alike commending the singer’s raw and emotive songwriting as a return to form. But while the content of the album struck a chord, some listeners were left wanting more, owing to the album’s short runtime, which clocks in at just 34 minutes. Released at midnight June 27 (NZT), Virgin was described by Lorde as being about “transparency‚" signalled on the album cover by an X-Ray of the singer’s pelvis.