Latest fromHawke's Bay

Once 'NZ's most wanted criminal', Adrian Pritchard can't get a job
"When you're free of it, society remembers. When you change, society remembers."

Local Focus: Wairoa youth musically Nuked
The Nukes visit Wairoa youth. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

All Work and Income offices to get $2.5m makeover
All of Work and Income's offices will get a makeover to make them friendlier.

Mongrel Mob kingpin will spend at least 5 years behind bars
Former Mob president kidnapped and sexually violated teen who owed him a drug debt.

Local Focus: Arts festival Ambassadors a voice for youth
Hawke's Bay Arts Festival Ambassadors Programme. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Johnnie Puna murder sentence upheld
Life sentence with minimum 14 years non-parole stands.

Flight attendant appeals sentence, claims meth was for friends
Sharing methamphetamine with friends is still supplying, and could earn a life sentence.

Taradale High School principal resigns after 12 years
Taradale High School's principal has resigned to pursue other interests.

Police seek witnesses to fleeing driver crashes
Police would like to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the incident.

Police say more charges remain likely after Napier man's death
No new charges yet after discovery of man's body.

Man spots rare gull at Cape Kidnappers
A laughing gull has been sighted at Cape Kidnappers in Hawke's Bay.

Sprawling Dannevirke farm for sale, complete with its own private airstrip
1738ha of "magnificent" rolling pasture for sale winters 12,129 sheep and 500-plus cattle.

'Incredible tragedy': Toddler who drowned in pool 'loved, cherished by all'
Family and friends rally after a Central Hawke's Bay toddler drowned.

'Sh*t there's a shark': Kayakers' shock great white encounter
4m shark began circling and nudging kayakers' boat during fishing trip.

Hawke's Bay's coastal management praised
Neville Peat's book is Invading the Sea: Coastal Hazards and Climate Change in Aotearoa NZ

Toddler, 2, drowns in Waipukurau
Victim Support is offering the family assisting them at this time.

'I was dying': The teacher who found his freedom in a prison
A former Flaxmere teacher tells his story of being in the education system.

Rolling Downs Station for sale
A sheep and beef station with 1738 fertile hectares, are for sale in Southern Hawkes Bay.

Dannevirke man to take Harry and Meghan beach cleaning
Royal couple to help clear cigarette butts from Melbourne beach.

Empty Housing NZ home's $20,000 security
A newly-built Housing New Zealand house racked up thousands of dollars in security costs.

Police seize 97 bags of synthetic cannabis
Police found two large zip-lock bags containing at total of 97 smaller bags of the drug.

Grieving widow sues after not one but two 'stuff-ups'
A grieving widow has filed two lawsuits against Hawke's Bay District Health Board.

'Farmers will start closing gates' as public cause Te Mata Peak havoc
"People don't realise the damage they can do," farmers on their "final straw" say.

One last beach trip: Daughter's final wish for dying mum
Darcy Turner wants her mum to feel the sand and water and be at peace with her situation.

Council 'sorry' over water issues
Report shows Christchurch failed to manage city's water issues before chlorination.

Cranston: Good emissions news for farmers
Agriculture's contribution to global warming a misunderstanding?

Scientist slams regional council over water quality
Researcher slams regional council, which says it is addressing issues in the catchment.

Search for missing Sealord crewman abandoned because of bad weather
A Sealord crewman who fell overboard has been named as Pātahi Rewi Hawaikirangi Kāwana.