Local news, reported from here — not from a newsroom in another city

Hawke's Bay News was started because council meetings, court lists and community decisions in this region were going unreported. Stories are researched here, checked here and published here — usually within hours of the meeting they came from.

Who writes it

How we work

Corrections are published, not quietly edited away. If something here is wrong, tell us and it gets fixed with a note saying what changed and when. Advertising is sold directly, never influences coverage, and paid placements are always labelled.