The sunshine and the sea - and the chance to catch up with other "gap year" students from back home in Germany has made Osnabruck's

In terms of domestic violence across the country the statistics are not good. The statistics which encompass crime and injury associated

Fine wine, fine art, fine gardens and fine homes - all accompanied by fine weather meant plenty of fine smiles for the organisers

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

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

The dog was spotted by a rescue helicopter on Saturday morning after going over the top of the hill on Tuesday.

The biennial Wildflower Sculpture Exhibition in Hastings is back for a fifth year. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The biennial Wildflower Sculpture Exhibition in Hastings is back for a fifth year. Since it started the event has raised more than $150,000 for Cranford Hospice. Made with assistance from NZ On Air.

District health boards report bad stuff that happens to patients

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.

Forty-five people, mostly over 70 were admitted to hospital with campylobacter a Hawke's Bay District Health Board update reveals. The

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

A man whose arm was caught in a conveyor belt for about an hour has been awarded $52,000 compensation.

A Fire Service spokesman said the fire in Napier was contained fairly quickly.

Hastings District Council has called for a review after sections of the newly resurfaced Waimarama Rd are already crumbling and breaking

Almost two-thirds of Aucklanders who don't own their own homes plan to buy their first homes outside the city.

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

Company directors will have to pay out almost $145,000 after a worker was killed when a quad bike flipped and trapped him underneath.

A one-month-old baby was injured in a crash in the Hawke's Bay, while six people were injured in a head-on smash in Auckland last night.

Woman died after her car veered off the road in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Guy Fawkes can go off with a bang in dry skies tomorrow. Despite a showery start to the weekend for the whole country, the weather

Hawke's Bay teen Maree Bailey's life has suddenly become a fight for survival.

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

Cricket is a game revered for keeping with tradition, but a Waipawa cricket bat-making business is embracing a modern method to finance

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.

A wife is distraught after her husband died at the beach where he posed for his wedding photo just seven months earlier.

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

A top Hawke's Bay police officer has completed her diversion by taking part in a defensive driving course. Hawke's Bay Area Commander