Hawke's Bay

Most of the funding will go towards a plan to bring together the visitor centre, start-up companies, and a Rocket Lab education centre in the Hawke's Bay town.

A large crack extending across a rockface in Hawke's Bay poses a danger for tourists and passersby, says the Department of Conservation.

Pellets from a gunshot were found to have hit a child's car seat during a shooting on Sunday that left a 25-year-old man with injuries to his head, face and torso.

One person has been taken to hospital following a shooting in Napier.

A stomach full of plastic - including a whole plastic bottle and parts of a balloon - is a likely cause of death to a juvenile toroa/southern royal albatross, the Department of Conservation says. Audio

The resumption of vital household support services that were cut off to hundreds of people has been welcomed, but some are still outlining that the initial decision by the DHB was wrong.

Hawke's Bay DHB has apologised for sending letters to hundreds of elderly and disabled people telling them they will lose home help services.

The search for a man believed to have jumped from a cruise ship off the coast of Hawke's Bay has been called off.

Thousands descend on Mahia's white-sand beaches for summer, putting a strain on resources and riling residents used to a quieter life, Aaron van Delden reports.

The Conservation Department's part of the track to Cape Kidnappers will stay closed over Christmas after two tourists were seriously injured in a rockslide while walking underneath the cliffs in… Audio

A flotilla's 10-week voyage retracing the first encounters between Māori and Pākehā came to a close today. Audio

Mark Williams had a "close call" with a stomach ulcer that put him in the Hawke's Bay Hospital earlier this year. So he thought it'd be great to light it up for sick kids at Christmas.

Some 160 new homes to be built in Hastings over the next 18 months will simply replace those demolished under the previous government, the Housing Minister says.

Police have taken a person into custody after the Armed Offenders Squad was sent to a sports stadium in Napier.

Three people have been seriously injured after a car travelling on the wrong side of the road hit them in Hastings this morning.

A ratepayers' association is being set up in Mahia amid frustration with the attention paid by Wairoa District Council to local issues.

A decision on whether to demolish Napier's civic building and library has been put off after doubts were raised about whether it was severely earthquake-prone as previously thought.

Napier residents will soon no longer be able to wash cars in driveways.