Hawke's Bay
Patrons lucky to avoid injury after shots fired into Hastings bar
Patrons at a Hastings bar narrowly avoided being shot, when a gun was fired into the entrance way.
Opening date for Hawke's Bay Airport forecourt announced
An opening date has finally been confirmed for the Hawke's Bay Airport's forecourt, more than a year after it was due to be finished.
Man still in fight with EQC two years after flood destroyed home
Two years on from a freak flood, Paul Matthews has been told his severely damaged home needs to be demolished.
'A real whānau ora approach': kaumātua village plan for Wairoa
An iwi group in Wairoa has come up with what it's calling an innovative kaupapa Māori way to help solve the town's housing crisis.
Napier rolls out e-scooters
Napier is set to trial e-scooters, joining the growing list of cities using the new urban transport method.
Reclusive Hastings tinkerer amassed a small arsenal of illegal home-made guns and bombs
A reclusive amateur gun-maker who liked to tinker in his shed amassed a small arsenal of home-made and improvised weapons including several pistols, a taser, and a firearm made out of a torch.
Fireworks being blamed for blaze on Te Mata Peak
A large scrub fire on a mountain peak in the Hawke's Bay last night is suspected to have been caused by fireworks.
Police tried to stop overloaded vehicle which crashed shortly later, killing one
Police in Napier say they tried to get a vehicle to stop just minutes before it crashed, killing a young woman.
'It was chaos': Witness nearly struck by speeding car seconds before fatal crash
Just shy of midnight on Saturday an innocuous inner-city house-lined street was the scene of "absolute chaos" in which one young person was killed and others were critically injured.
Nine people in car involved in fatal Napier crash
A car that crashed in Napier last night, killing one of the occupants, had nine people in it.
Council at odds with iwi over accommodation plan to keep whānau out of prisons
An iwi plan to convert a Hastings lodge into accommodation for whānau battling the justice system has run into opposition from the local council.
Covid-19 cases on one of first cruise ships to return to New Zealand
Ovation of the Seas sailed in to Napier from Tahiti, and arrived in Wellington on Tuesday.
'Yay' - Woman on getting home detention for stealing food
The woman, who stole more than $1000 worth of frozen food from a foreign seasonal workers' hostel, seemed pleased with her sentence.
Diver dies at Hawke's Bay beach
Searchers looking for a diver who had not surfaced have recovered a body, at a Hawke's Bay beach.
Man charged in relation to Hastings homicide investigation
A 22 year-old-man has been arrested after the death of another man in the Hastings suburb of Flaxmere.
Dead teen's sister: 'No one deserves to die like that'
New details have emerged about teenager Ariki Rigby's killing, with her heartbroken sister saying she believes she was beaten to death before the car she was in was torched.
Hawke's Bay whānau desperate for awa name change near Clive
Mana whenua in Clive (Waipūreku) in Hawke's Bay (Te-Matau-a-Māui) are taking bold steps to reclaim the name of a nearby river, which they say was "usurped" from them.
Staff exodus: Napier councillor warns of 'reputational risk as an employer'
A Napier City councillor has expressed concern around the number of staff leaving the council, just days before the chief executive announced her resignation.
Youth unit still closed as prison roof occupation repairs being assessed
The youth unit at Hawke's Bay Regional Prison is still not ready to be open, two months after a protest caused significant damage.
Farmers trudge on with 'consistently wet and terrible' conditions
One Waipukurau farmer says livestock and people are getting tired of the challenging conditions that have been ongoing for the past three months.