Latest FromHawke's Bay
![Boy critical after suspected hit and run](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Boy critical after suspected hit and run
"He was just lying on the ground screaming." A five-year-old's condition after a suspected hit and run is now described as "critical".
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Teen allegedly threatens judge
A teenager accused of smashing the windscreen of a police car parked outside Napier District Court on Monday, later allegedly threatened to 'sort out' a judge if sent to jail, a court has been told.
![Drunk quad bike driver avoids jail](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Drunk quad bike driver avoids jail
A man who seriously injured his 6-year-old daughter when he crashed his overloaded quad bike while driving drunk avoided prison due to the "appalling experience".
![Residents' dam break report fury](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Residents' dam break report fury
Hawke's Bay residents are infuriated by a report that suggests nearly 1000 of them could be at risk if a $600m dam fails in an earthquake.
![Elderly man falls through plate glass window](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Elderly man falls through plate glass window
An elderly man has been flown to hospital after he tripped at his Hawkes Bay home and fell through a plate glass window.
![Pair admit illegal lobster sale](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pair admit illegal lobster sale
Two people have admitted to selling rock lobster gathered with authorisation for whanau gatherings.
![Minister seeks answers over identity theft](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Minister seeks answers over identity theft
Internal Affairs Minister and Napier MP Chris Tremain has requested a report into how a British killer managed to obtain a New Zealand passport issued in the name of a severely brain-damaged Hastings man.
![Magnitude 4.9 quake hits Hawkes Bay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Magnitude 4.9 quake hits Hawkes Bay
Hawkes Bay residents were jolted by an earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale, just before 10am this morning.
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Fraud charge dismissal request
A former North Island mayor has applied for the High Court to dismiss some of the charges he is facing in a Serious Fraud Office case.
![Teacher with conviction admits stealing sunglasses](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Teacher with conviction admits stealing sunglasses
A Hawkes Bay teacher with a conviction for aggravated robbery has pleaded guilty to stealing a pair of sunglasses.
![Crash rescuer tells of cry for help](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Crash rescuer tells of cry for help
A Hawke's Bay man who helped rescue a couple from their crashed station wagon in rain near Wairoa has clear memories of the driver's pleas.
!['We've lost everything'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'We've lost everything'
A Dannevirke family have been left with nothing after a suspicious fire destroyed their rural home on Saturday night.
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Byelection sprint nears the finishing line
The four leading Ikaroa-Rawhiti byelection candidates share their final thoughts about their four-week campaign with Lawrence Gullery before people vote tomorrow night.