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Doug Laing

Reporter · NZ

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Doug Laing

    Serious injury after crash into pole on Central Hawke’s Bay highway (opens the original)

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    State Highway 2 was closed for an hour between Te Hauke and Ōtane, south of Hastings. Photo / NZME One person was reported to have serious injuries and a section of State Highway 2 through Central Hawke’s Bay was closed for an hour after a vehicle hit a pole shortly before 8am today. Fire and Emergency NZ was called at 7.57am after the crash brought down lines and a transformer. Police said the crash happened between Wharemoana and Poukawa Rds. NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi initially reported

  2. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Doug Laing

    Shield challenge ahead in crucial NPC week for the Magpies (opens the original)

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    Hawke's Bay will need to win the Ranfurly Shield off new holders Counties to shift the momentum of their season. Photo / Photosport The Hawke’s Bay Magpies have been thrust into the position of probably having to win a Ranfurly Shield challenge if they are to have a home playoff in rugby’s Hilux NPC. It comes after the Magpies’ 50-14 loss to the Taranaki Bulls in Napier on Sunday and Counties-Manukau’s upset Ranfurly Shield victory over holders Northland in Whangarei on Saturday. The Magpies’ Ro

  3. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Doug Laing

    New Napier apartment block to get tenants after 15 months empty (opens the original)

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    The apartment block at 124 Wellesley Rd, Napier, completed in June 2025, has been sold and leased for its first occupants. An apartment complex of 30 homes in Napier has its first tenants 15 months after the completed three-storey building was handed over to the Government. The building at 124 Wellesley Rd has been bought by Hawke’s Bay developers TW Property from Government department the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT), with a long-term lease to Auckland-based c

  4. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Doug Laing

    'It took a huge toll': Siblings fight for justice 40 years after murder (opens the original)

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    Colleen Burrows was murdered in Napier in 1987. She was 16. It’s been four decades since the murder of Napier teenager Colleen Burrows. But her sister and brother say their fight for justice and closure is not over, despite exhausting all avenues in a complicated legal battle to be granted compensation from her convicted murderer Sam Te Hei. Te Hei got $17,664 in compensation for maltreatment and abuse by Corrections Department officers during his 30 years in jail, of which 12 years were for the

  5. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Doug Laing

    Magpies’ winning run ends in loss to North Harbour (opens the original)

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    The Hawke’s Bay Magpies learned not even they were exempt from the topsy-turvy of the 2026 Hilux NPC when hopes of extending an unbeaten were buried in a 31-24 loss to North Harbour on Sunday at McLean Park Napier. Beaten semi-finalists last year, sitting on a best-ever Magpies start run of six consecutive wins and starting hot TAB favourites at $1.16 to win, the Magpies were against a side paying $5 to win, after two losses, including a 43-40 loss to Manawatu a week after the Bay had beaten Man

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