A teenager serving a life sentence for murder is facing a charge of indecently assaulting a female prison officer at Hawke's Bay Hospital.

A former Magpies player who was sacked after 26 years in the meat working industry for not wearing a safety hat has headed to court to get his job back.

The winning entry, Bride of the Black Knight, was constructed from Black Knight liquorice and yellow shopping bags

Napier MP Stuart Nash says he has lost confidence in the region's police district commander.

A Hastings couple have been remanded on bail for sentence on multiple burglary charges after a series of raids on the homes of the woman's parents and one of her neighbours.

Police found a man and women in a car, with apparently recently made methamphetamine later estimated to have a street value of $70,000.

A Hastings retiree illegally selling meat to cover the cost of his hunting trips has been netted by an undercover seafood operation.

More than 100 Hawke's Bay young offenders will be given the chance to gain their driver's licences and improve their employment opportunities.

Kathryn Ryan says she asked to stay longer in the maternity unit because she had suffered post-natal depression in the past and had concerns about breastfeeding.

A lawyer has been accused of assaulting and injuring his former girlfriend, champion triathlete Amelia Watkinson.

A woman allegedly chased and ran over her ex-boyfriend yesterday afternoon, after he refused to give her money.

Tributes to "brave" and "inspiring" man who died after suffering a head injury during a half marathon.

English comedian and devoted birdwatcher Bill Oddie is winging his way to Hawke's Bay next week to share tales of his years as a conservationist.

A whopper joey has been found in Hastings.

A man was stabbed with a screwdriver and hit over the head with a table as he tried to chase an intruder out of his Hastings home.

A teenager broke into the home of a Hastings couple today and assaulted a man in his 70s.

Owners of a Hastings gym are inviting the person who hurled a brick through their window yesterday morning to come back, join up and turn their life around.

Emergency services were called to the intersection of Farndon and Pakowhai Rd in Hastings at 2pm where the two vehicles had collided.

Christmas was a pretty special time for one Hastings family who celebrated the festive season with all five generations of its maternal side.

A Samoan family who moved to New Zealand just weeks ago for a better life are mourning the loss of a son.

An estimated 400 Mongrel Mob members will descend on a paddock in Te Aute today to celebrate the gang's 50th anniversary.

Q&A with Mathew Mannington, a director and technical manager at Waipak, about 3D printing in the food and bev industry.

Elisabeth Easther gets a little taste of what the generous fruit bowl of New Zealand has to offer.

A man sought by police in relation to an attempted abduction outside a Hastings school yesterday has turned himself in.

A 10-year-old girl helped scare off a man who attempted to abduct her 5-year-old brother from outside a Hastings school this morning.

A young boy injured in a crash that killed a man just north of Hastings today is in a critical condition and is set to be flown to Starship Hospital tonight.

Hastings District Council has been fined $29,500 and ordered to pay reparation of $65,000 after a 4-year-old boy was killed in a 2013 tractor-mower incident.

Man who was jailed for pouring petrol on a teenager and setting him alight asked Facebook users if he should run while out on parole. He ran.