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Man survives 200m plunge into paddock
A badly injured man was being flown to hospital last night after the vehicle he was in plunged about 200 metres from Te Mata Peak, Havelock North.
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Paralysed man gets home detention
A man left paralysed after he was shot by police in Central Hawke's Bay last year has been sentenced to home detention.
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Crash throws man into lagoon
A 38-year-old man was killed when he was thrown into Ahuriri Lagoon in a head-on collision between two trucks on the Hawkes Bay expressway.
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Quad biker dies in Hawke's Bay
A 64-year-old Hawkes Bay man died about noon yesterday when his quad bike rolled at his Porangahau farm.
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Jailed for 'Jackass' fire prank
The Jackass-influenced teenager who doused another person in petrol and set him on fire has been sentenced to three years in prison.
![Hawke's Bay health board in $1.3m blowout](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hawke's Bay health board in $1.3m blowout
The first quarter of the financial year has been described as one of the worst for the Hawke's Bay District Health Board.
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Crash victim needs a 'miracle'
A "miracle" is needed for a 20-year-old Hawke's Bay man, critically injured in a weekend crash, to recover and help piece together the cause of the puzzling accident.
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Dangerous biter on the run
A dangerous prisoner who bit his partner badly on the cheek and was granted bail to attend his son's funeral has disappeared.
![Man shot by police threatened officers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man shot by police threatened officers
A man left paralysed after being shot by police near Otane has been convicted of threatening to kill the police officers who shot him.
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Man sexually assaults 11-year-old
Police in Napier are looking for a male who sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl in a green belt area of the city.
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Earthquake shakes Hawke's Bay
A 4.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded 20 km north-east of Waipukurau this morning at a depth of 34km.
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5.5 quake hits near Taupo
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck near Taupo this afternoon and was felt along the East Coast of the North Island.