Articles by Linda Hall
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National
‘Behaviour has crossed the line’: Home security allowance for councillors
Friday, 28 November 2025, 3:18pmSome Hawke’s Bay councillors will be able to access allowances of up to $5500 to beef up their home security. The Remuneration...
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National
‘Absurd’ or a ‘victory for common sense’? Bay leaders on plan to can regional councillors
Wednesday, 26 November 2025, 2:12pmSeveral former Hawke’s Bay leaders say a Government plan to abolish regional council elected members could be used to bring...
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National
'I have faith': Ex-police officers urge trust in the force after McSkimming scandal
Monday, 17 November 2025, 1:08pmTwo former police officers turned councillors in Hawke’s Bay are urging trust in the New Zealand Police badge amid the astonishing...
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National
State Highway 2 to be raised 1.8m as $22m flood project gets under way
Monday, 10 November 2025, 1:45pmFlood protection work in the cyclone-hit community of Whirinaki is finally under way, with vegetation cleared in preparation...
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National
Large service station development planned on some of NZ's best growing land
Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 3:23pmA resource consent for a large service station on some of New Zealand’s most fertile soils, beside the Hawke’s Bay Expressway,...
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National
Keep out: Walkers and cyclists ignoring construction site warnings
Tuesday, 28 October 2025, 1:54pmHawke’s Bay Regional Council says people entering an active construction zone are not only putting themselves and work crews...
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National
Central Hawke’s Bay’s contentious dam plan hangs over local elections race
Friday, 5 September 2025, 3:05pmAs Central Hawke’s Bay District Council heads into the 2025 local body election, the shadow of a long-mooted dam follows...
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National
Wairoa's fourth mayoral candidate is a flood victim wanting to stop another one
Monday, 18 August 2025, 1:52pmWairoa mayoral candidate Kurawari Panere’s home was affected in the town’s 2024 floods. She has watched the response of local...
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National
'Economic incentive to burn': Fine for smoky winter burnoff criticised
Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 3:34pmA fine given to a person for starting a smoky burnoff near Hastings is being described by an advocate as giving them “an...
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Politics
Prepare for pyrotechnics: Fireworks business owner joins Hastings mayoralty race
Tuesday, 22 July 2025, 3:17pmPrepare for some pyrotechnics - a fifth candidate has entered the race to become Hastings mayor. Darrin Wilson - a car and...
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National
'Very efficient': Fine-sweeper car snaps more than 5000 parking violations in five months
Wednesday, 9 July 2025, 2:58pmHastings District Council’s fine sweeper - a camera-covered car that catches out overstaying parkers - has snapped more than...
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National
She's moved 14 times since toxic flooding forced her out - now she has a place to call home
Monday, 30 June 2025, 2:47pmA Wairoa wahine forced out of her home by Cyclone Gabrielle’s toxic aftermath has finally found somewhere she can call home. Lucky...
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National
'Scary as hell': Council couldn't find way to stop hoarding before weekend inferno
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 11:37amNineteen complaints were made in one year about a home surrounded by hoarded goods before it caught fire at the weekend. But...
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Lower North Island
'Scary and exciting': Deputy Mayor steps down after long tenure
Monday, 12 May 2025, 2:30pmHastings Deputy Mayor Tania Kerr will not be seeking re-election in October and plans to spend evenings talking to her husband...
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National
Residents protest at rates on cyclone-affected lands
Sunday, 20 April 2025, 2:22pmKerry Tong’s Category 3 land in Eskdale is a thorn in his side. He claims agents handling the buyout of his cyclone-destroyed...
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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...
