Napier dog owners were greeted with a protest as they drove to the Bark Island event in Park Island yesterday,on Sunday, with more

Pooches, poodles, bull dogs and pugs transformed Park Island into a doggy wonderland yesterday. Up to 400 people and 180 dogs rolled

After five long nights on a cliff edge suffering a broken leg and severe dehydration, cocker spaniel Bluey will soon be home with

HB v Horowhenua-KapitiFurlong Cup cricket Captain Jacob Smith celebrated his return to full health with a century as the Hawke's

Nearly one in three Hawke's Bay people sitting their restricted licence test this year didn't have the chance to complete it. NZTA

An American man will serve a prison sentence and has been fined over $27,000 for trafficking elephant ivory into New Zealand.

While the world watched the US election results unfold last night, Local Focus met Napier residents and some visitors who chose the soak in the sun instead. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

People around the world may have been glued to their screens watching the results of the US election, but in sunny Hawke's Bay, there were other priorities for some. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Taku Manawa Kara was helping her mother move house when the car she was driving left the road, killing her in a crash.

A Taradale businessman has been sentenced to nine months' home detention for multiple tax evasion offences, despite having reimbursed

Rush Munro's Family Shares Age Old Secrets About NZ's Oldest Ice Cream Following an article in Hawke's Bay Today the family of Frederick

Hawke's Bay people have hurt themselves with fireworks more than 50 times over the past three years. Little wonder, the Fire Service

It's just the third day of November yet eight people have already died on the country's roads.

Napier's Brown Owl Bakery was caught breaching multiple employment laws by MBIE.

A Coroner's hearing into the death of a Napier kindergarten teacher who died in a controversial head-on crash starts today.

The driver in a car crash which killed a Napier kindergarten teacher has told a coroner's hearing that she would joke about killing

Construction workers and lifeguards at a nearby pool tried to save a man who drowned on the Napier foreshore today.

A Coroner's hearing into the death of a Napier school boy who was accidentally strangled on a toilet window has heard there was no handle on the door.

Two of the most exciting acts on the New Zealand entertainment scene have been lined up to wow the crowd at this year's big Hawke's

Raising two kids and battling cancer - Juliet Mawley had to rely on Legal Aid in a recent hearing. But she feels shortchanged because of tightening budgets for legal aid across the country. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A Hawke's Bay man who served all of a two year and eight month jail sentence for sex offending is back in jail for at least the third

A hike in the freedom camping season is upon us - and so too the many perceptions that plague this travelling community. The thrifty

Port Ahuriri Playcentre has stunning new carvings for the kids to enjoy. But they're not from a gallery or marae, they're from prison. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Port Ahuriri Playcentre has stunning new carvings for the kids to enjoy. But they're not from a gallery or marae, they're from prison. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

People who like to go about their day-to-day activities on foot might expect to pay more for a Hawke's Bay house, according to a new

A cyclist has been flown to hospital after falling off her bike in Napier. The woman, in her 20s, suffered a serious leg injury when

A fire broke out at 2am at the Heinz Watties plant in Hastings this morning.

A Napier man has been found guilty on 13 out of 28 charges of violence and sexual abuse against his partner over two-and-a-half years.

The jury in the trial of Napier man accused of "sadistic" offending against his partner is struggling to reach unanimous verdicts The

Hamilton Logan is 92 next month, and this "old grizzly" has been attending Hawke's Bay A&P Show for 70 years. Far from getting sick of it, he says the show is a 'must-see'. Made with funding from NZ On Air.