Hawke's Bay is set to get its first emergency shelter for the homeless, after Property Brokers offered Kiri Swannell a two-storey building.

It's a bewildering experience, that first half-hour drive on the highway north of Napier, finds Jamie Morton.

Aucklanders are increasingly interested in buying properties outside of the city - in places like Hawkes Bay, where you can get "more bang for your buck".

A 20-year-old man pleaded not guilty in the Napier District Court this morning over charges related to a party described as a "Facebook fiasco".

Two people were killed on the roads in separate incidents during the weekend.

Head to Hawkes Bay for a weekend of culinary delights and top-notch drops, writes Shandelle Battersby.

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.

Police have referred the case of a mother who allegedly dropped her child at school while drunk to Child, Youth and Family.

A mother allegedly been caught drunk behind the wheel as she dropped off her children at a primary school and crashed into a parked car.

A missing Hawkes Bay man whose crashed car was found empty this afternoon - sparking a frantic search along the Napier-Taupo Rd - has been found trapped in blackberry bushes.

Former cricket star Mathew Sinclair sparked a manhunt when he vanished with his children after a domestic incident.

The jagged teeth of a hefty predator that lived in our waters 80 million years ago have been discovered in a Hawkes Bay forest.

Red carpet, television stars and Nick Jonas are all in Hawkes Bay teenager Jamie Curry's future.

New DNA evidence has allowed police to charge a man for the alleged abduction and rape of a Hawkes Bay woman nearly two decades ago.

Pam McGarva was on her way to a quiz night when a car hit hers. Now eight months later, the woman driving the other car has been charged with her manslaughter.

HR manager who "bullied" employee into logging onto Facebook and finding a controversial cake photo still employed by NZCU but nowhere to be found on its website.

Doug Bailey is a co-founder of Hawkes Bay-based Edgebrook Cider.

Meet a dream destination for keen birdwatchers and water sports enthusiasts.

A young Hawkes Bay man has been described as a 'slow learner' by a judge after he was caught driving drunk for the fourth time in 14 days.

It's every firefighting parent's worst nightmare: finding your child critically injured in a car accident.

Hastings District Council finally pleads guilty over the death of a four-year-old boy who was run over by a tractor mower.

A former Hawkes Bay man who admitted bashing his wife to death has left NZ, travelling on an Indian passport he got while under NZ government care.

A man who went fly-fishing and disappeared was rescued after activating a personal locator beacon.

Windows exploded as a Dannevirke woman and three young children ran from a blazing home with flames licking at their backs.

Name suppression has been lifted for a daughter charged with the manslaughter of her elderly Napier mother.

A Havelock North principal was eating a sandwich one minute and in the pool the next after his shorts "spontaneously ignited".