Articles by Linda Hall
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National
‘Worst I’ve seen’: Tyre specialist stunned at damage from roadworks, dozens of car affected
Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 1:09pmA tyre specialist says the damage caused to dozens of cars from driving through roadworks in Napier is the worst he has ever...
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National
Hawke’s Bay bar owner calls council plans for earlier closing times ‘crazy’
Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 1:19pmA proposal to close Hawke’s Bay bars, pubs and nightclubs an hour earlier has been deemed “crazy” by a publican who has been...
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National
Landfill lament: Region's yearly recycling mistakes could fill a cruise ship
Sunday, 16 March 2025, 8:27amEnvision a medium-sized cruise ship at Napier Port brimming with plastics and glass. That’s how much was dumped in Hawke’s...
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National
Flood spillway in Wairoa: Save the drama for Shortland St, wāhine who is set to lose land says
Monday, 3 March 2025, 12:58pmA woman whose land is in the direct path of a proposed Wairoa spillway has a message for people not affected - stop grandstanding...
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National
'Environmental and cultural crisis': Legal fight looms over Wairoa's freshwater
Monday, 17 February 2025, 12:43pmTātau Tātau o Te Wairoa Trust has begun legal proceedings in the High Court over freshwater rights in Wairoa. The trust is...
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National
Walkout at Wairoa council meeting over flood spillway
Friday, 14 February 2025, 2:41pmDoors slammed as representatives of a post-settlement entity stormed out of a Hawke’s Bay Regional Council meeting over a...
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Lower North Island
Hastings Golf Club’s plan to transform into a tourist destination
Monday, 3 February 2025, 1:23pmA proposal to rezone Hastings Golf Club and then develop it into a tourist destination with 170 residential dwellings alongside...
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National
On brink of being swallowed: Fate of trees puts beloved beach's erosion back in spotlight
Monday, 20 January 2025, 2:22pmTrees at Westshore Beach on the brink of falling into the sea have re-sparked a decades-long debate about erosion at the...
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National
‘Miserable weather’: Summer visitors turn away from Splash Planet
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 1:59pmA bummer summer is hitting Hastings District Council in the pocket, with 12,864 fewer visitors to the city’s Splash Planet...
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Lower North Island
'Blown onshore': Salty sea air causes pollution breach in Awatoto
Tuesday, 14 January 2025, 3:39pmA recording of a dangerous level of air pollution near the coast of Hawke’s Bay turned out to be salty sea air. A combination...
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Lower North Island
Progress in reopening Wairoa aged care facility
Friday, 20 December 2024, 12:11pmAfter two years of “suffering” without an aged care facility, Wairoa has had some positive news. Heritage Lifecare, which...
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National
Is a massive dam in Hawke’s Bay actually viable? The Government is giving a $3m grant to find out
Friday, 6 December 2024, 11:48amA bid to build a dam in the shadow of the failed Ruataniwha dam in Central Hawke’s Bay has been given a $3 million injection...
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National
Vaping crisis: From first puff at 11 to 100 a day
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 1:28pmHavelock North teenager Sarah* took her first puff on a vape when she was 11. Her 10-year-old friend had got her hands on...
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National
Roaming dogs on a cat-killing spree: 'Something has to be done'
Friday, 8 November 2024, 2:51pmA pair of uncontrolled dogs are being blamed for a cat-killing spree in the Hastings suburb of Flaxmere. No one knows their...
