Hawke's Bay

Fire and Emergency received reports of the blaze at the unoccupied lodge on Marine Parade shortly after midnight.

Wild Game owners Jordan and Varnnah Hamilton-Bicknell were named Supreme Winner in the bacon and the ham categories of the 100% New Zealand Bacon & Ham Awards. Audio

A child has died after an accident involving a vehicle at a residential property in Central Hawke's Bay.

The mayor of Hastings says she is hopeful buyout negotiations with Category 3 property owners in the district will start in early October. Audio

Hawke's Bay's five councils must unanimously agree on the government's offer to help buy out cyclone-damaged homes for the proposal to go ahead.

The government has reached a deal to share the cost of buying out cyclone-damaged houses in Hawke's Bay, but it is still not known how it will split the bill with local councils. Audio

Police say members of a drug ring operating in Hawke's Bay had links to organised crime groups in Auckland.

More than half of Hawke's Bay residents with cyclone-damaged homes have been moved from the higher-risk categories 2 and 3 to the lower-risk category 1.

Police are treating the death of a man whose body was found at Whirinaki Beach in Hawke's Bay on Sunday as unexplained.

Hawke's Bay has a hospital with an overcrowded ED, ICU that is not fit for purpose and a scanning department that just lost its international accreditation.

ACC has waived one of its usual requirements after the medical scanning department at Hawke's Bay Hospital ran into trouble.

Help for storm-affected residents to pay rent has been called a "lifeline" by homeowners.

The vineyards still remain under soggy silt as the cleanup from the storm continues amid ongoing heavy rain.

Hawke's Bay Hospital has had its medical imaging accreditation for doing scans such as MRIs and CTs suspended.

In Hawke's Bay, food trading platform Magic Beans is doing its best to combat the rising cost of food and interpersonal disconnection in some communities.

MetService says significant downpours are likely for the already fragile areas of Gisborne and Hawke's Bay.

Three teenagers are expected to appear in court today following an aggravated burglary at a jewellery shop in Napier this week.

Police have arrested five youths in Napier after a stolen vehicle used in a burglary was spotted by a patrol.

Plans are underway to set the Napier-Hastings shoreline alight for Matariki, using excess driftwood from Cyclone Gabrielle. Audio