Articles by Doug Laing
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National
Study shows low health risk from Cyclone Gabrielle silt
Monday, 22 July 2024, 4:07pmA report by the Government agency Environmental Science and Research (ESR) has found there is a low risk to health from the...
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National
Pharmacy safety concerns as pseudoephedrine makes a comeback
Monday, 27 May 2024, 3:15pmPharmacies in Hawke’s Bay are reflecting industry concerns about the reintroduction of non-prescription pseudoephedrine products...
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National
Cyclone victims could pay some of the costs of demolishing their homes, council suggests
Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 3:01pmSome Hawke’s Bay Cyclone Gabrielle victims involved in Category 3 voluntary buy-out processes with councils might be asked...
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National
Shearing: Megan Whitehead and Hannah McColl smash two world records
Monday, 18 December 2023, 10:27amCousins Megan Whitehead and Hannah McColl got shearing sports’ biggest season of tally-busting in New Zealand off to a huge...
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National
Public fireworks display misfires into crowd in Hastings
Monday, 30 October 2023, 9:12pmOrganisers of a Diwali festival held in Hastings on Saturday say they are doing everything they can to prevent any recurrence...
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National
Car careens onto central Hastings footpath
Sunday, 1 October 2023, 2:10pmA car has overturned and careened over a footpath and hit a building in Hastings. The crash happened just after 12.10pm on...
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National
Midden cluster from the 1800s unearthed in Hawke's Bay
Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 3:09pmArchaeologists have discovered possibly the biggest cluster of historic domestic waste dumps found in Hawke’s Bay in European...
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Crime
Million dollar bust: Police seize guns, gold, cash, drugs and eight vehicles
Wednesday, 26 July 2023, 4:04pmDrugs, guns, gold and about $200,000 in cash have been seized in a police Organised Crime Unit and Asset Recovery operation...
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National
Record cruise season lined up for Napier
Sunday, 2 July 2023, 2:16pmTwo giants of ocean voyaging will make their maiden visits to Napier in a record season of 92 cruise stops with 130,000 passengers...
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National
Wednesday night blackout: It was the cat's volt
Thursday, 29 June 2023, 4:10pmInvestigators hot on the tale of the cat burglar that paid the ultimate price when it short-circuited Napier’s power supply...
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National
Two World Record shearing attempts confirmed for December
Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 3:57pmAttempts on both the men’s and women’s world eight-hour strong wool lamb shearing records are to be made in New Zealand later...
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Politics
How Labour will find a new candidate for Napier
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 4:09pmThe chairman of the Labour Party’s Napier electorate committee expects a new candidate for this year’s election to be in...
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Politics
MP Stuart Nash answers questions about the police and cyclone
Monday, 27 March 2023, 4:48pmNapier MP Stuart Nash has conceded police “perhaps…didn’t quite get this right” in the initial responses to Cyclone Gabrielle...
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National
Highway to help: Charity motorcycle ride raises funds for cyclone relief
Sunday, 26 March 2023, 4:05pmMore than $3000 has been raised in a Cyclone Gabrielle Hawke’s Bay response charity motorbike ride which included some riders...
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National
Truck convoy makes historic trip from Taupō to Napier
Tuesday, 14 March 2023, 3:31pmAbout 30 trucks and trailers have been the first to travel State Highway 5 between Taupō and Napier in the month since much...
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National
‘Phenomenal:’ Cyclonic Hawke’s Bay’s rain figures revealed in ‘maps’
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 4:31pmThe tale of the tempest which hit Hawke’s Bay last month is being told in Hawke’s Bay Regional Council “maps” which show...
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Crime
Arrest after fleeing car crashes in Hawke's Bay
Thursday, 23 February 2023, 1:28pmOne person was injured and another arrested after a car which fled police crashed on State Highway 51 between Napier and...
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National
Waiting game for Napier-Taupo highway
Wednesday, 22 February 2023, 4:24pmNational highways management agency Waka Kotahi NZTA was on Wednesday still unable to give a timeline for the reopening of...
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Entertainment
Hawke's Bay artist beaten to a Grammy by Harry Styles
Monday, 6 February 2023, 2:22pmHawke’s Bay musician Jock Nowell-Usticke, known internationally as Baynk, has ended his first Grammys foray without the cigar...
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National
Fire volunteers bid to stop 1923 Hawke's Bay fire truck from being sold to private interests
Sunday, 5 February 2023, 4:35pmA century-old fire engine which had a hand in the Hawke’s Bay Earthquake rescues in 1931 is being pressed back into service...
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National
The 'hippopotamus' of Westshore: Mystery as large headless animal washes ashore
Sunday, 5 February 2023, 3:53pmIs it a monster from the deep, or is it a luckless large farm animal? For Westshore man Jim Diggle, the origins of a carcass...
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National
'We're not pushing the envelope': Port fends off critics over use of its $175m wharf
Thursday, 2 February 2023, 1:34pmNapier Port has fended off critics who claim its Te Whiti wharf, built at a cost of $175 million to accommodate bigger vessels,...
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National
Napier sea wall to be built after 24-year wait
Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 4:23pmA wait of two decades for relief from erosion in a pocket of Napier’s Westshore coastline could come to an end, with work...
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National
A close call in Waiora shearing final
Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 4:13pmQuality points were used to break a rare shearing final tie featuring two former World and Golden Shears champions at the...
