Hawke's Bay

People are being warned not to collect or eat shellfish harvested from the Hawke's Bay Coast from Mahanga Beach south to Porangahau Beach.

Two teenagers who used a knife and hammer to rob a Subway restaurant in Waipukurau have been arrested.

Both the Napier City Council and opponents of its controversial $41 million pool development are claiming victory after a High Court ruling stopping the award of a contract to build the centre.

A former cabinet minister running for Napier's mayoralty is pledging to clean up the city's stormwater to prevent sewage overflows into Ahuriri estuary.

The High Court in Wellington has ordered Napier City Council to immediately stop work on a controversial new $41 million pool complex.

The Hawke's Bay Sikh community is objecting to a decision by the Hastings District Council preventing it from building a new temple on land zoned for agricultural production.

The man at the centre of an armed stand-off with police in Napier last month had consumed "a large amount of methamphetamine" destined for a drug deal, says a police summary of facts.

A second confirmed case of measles in Hawke's Bay - affecting an infant - has prompted health authorities to place 28 people in isolation.

The trucking industry has stepped in to help single mum Benny Hone get the training she needs to become a truck driver so she can support her 10 kids.

Community patrols will be set up for the next full moon in July after a spate of attacks in Hastings in recent weeks.

A 25-year-old man is under arrest after a woman was held hostage in an incident involving armed police in Napier, which ended safely early this morning.

Hawke's Bay DHB's chief executive Kevin Snee has resigned to take up the same, long-vacant position at Waikato DHB.

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a 29-year-old man suffering gunshot wounds died in Wairoa Hospital.

A Napier City Councillor has been subpoenaed to give evidence in High Court proceedings about a decision to build a $41m pool complex.

The Napier-Wairoa rail line has reopened today, seven years after major storm damage closed the tracks. Video

Hastings District Council has formally apologised to local iwi over the way it allowed Craggy Range winery to build a zig-zagging track up Te Mata Peak.

A dam, a lime juicing plant and a Māori tourism venture are among 19 Hawke's Bay projects to receive $68 million dollars in cash from the Provincial Growth Fund.

Soaring prices for forestry land are proof that fears of farmland disappearing under trees, Wairoa's mayor says. The median price of forestry rose 45 percent in a year, figures show.

Twelve Papua New Guinean workers who spent about $1000 each to get jobs in New Zealand were unpaid for four weeks' work at Te Mata Estate after three people pocketed more than $25,000 from the winery.