Hastings District Council is proud to support the annual Kelt Capital Horse of the Year Show and has committed to supporting this internationally renowned event for the next three years.

Central Hawke's Bay shearer Cam Ferguson has made his strongest case for rolling the big veteran guns in the race for places at this year's World Championships year by winning the prestige Otago Championship open title in Balclutha.

Wellington, Feb 13 NZPA - Hastings Mayor Lawrence Yule has called for tougher classifications and eventual banning of pitbull dog breeds.

Hastings Mayor Lawrence Yule says someone will die if the prolific Pitbull breed is not brought under control.

Two new judges have been appointed to sit at the Manukau District Court, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.

Wellington, Feb 3 NZPA - Hundreds of people gathered in Hastings this morning to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the most destructive natural disaster in New Zealand history, the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.

THE Royal New Zealand Ballet launches into 2010 with the world premiere of two new commissions.

The TOWER Season of From Here to There, which opens in Dunedin on 25 February, will delight audiences with three different works of dance.

World lambshearing record holder and former Golden Shears champion Dion King scored his first win back in New Zealand after several months in Australia when he won the 20-sheep Agrodome Shears open final at the Rotorua A and P Show on Sunday.

World shearing champion Paul Avery retained his national lambshearing title in Raglan today despite six stitches in a cut arm which almost stopped him from defending the title in possibly his last season of competitive shearing.

Transfield Services New Zealand has won four regional contracts of $1 million each (total value $4 million) with Housing New Zealand to upgrade approximately 400 houses spread across four regions - Manawatu, Wellington, Hastings and Christchurch.