The police national dive squad will today search for a snorkeler who went missing from a Hawkes Bay beach.

A man being treated for drinking petrol was killed after he jumped from an ambulance and into the path of a truck in the Hawkes Bay, police say.

A Hawke's Bay mechanic says he found two women - one unresponsive, the other trapped and covered in blood - as he rushed to the scene of a serious crash near Hastings yesterday.

One social activity I prefer to avoid at any cost is being frog-marched off to some uppity restaurant to partake of a chef's special degustation menu.

A 13-year-old girl swam to shore and ran 2km to raise the alarm, arriving "cold and wet" on a woman's doorstep, after a deadly boating accident.

An ambulance officer accused of eight sex crimes claims a teenage patient was "huffing" gas in his ambulance, a place he described as "safe".

A forensic scientist says she has "extremely strong scientific support" a teenage girl's DNA was found on the fingernails of the ambulance officer accused of sexually violating her.

A Hawke's Bay Muslim man has come out in support of terror group Isis, and is trying to spread his beliefs through social media.

The home of sunshine has a lot of activities to offer away from the usual charms of beach and blue sky, writes Julie Haines.

"It was horrible, I've never seen so much blood." Two women have described rushing to help a boatie who was deeply cut in the groin by a propeller.

A strong quake has shaken the lower east coast of the North Island this morning.

A 17-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital after suffering multiple injuries in a crash in the Hawkes Bay this morning.

An elderly bus driver was jailed today after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting girls on his bus.

Flaxmere streaker Rose Kupa says she's knocked off one task on her bucket list, but the All Blacks are not impressed.

New Zealand's best produce is world class and a first-rate reason to travel, writes Nadia Lim.

Cycling adventures show off the country's most exhilarating views, discovers Ellie Mitchell.

A young Hastings woman has been found not guilty of fatally stabbing her boyfriend.

A young man has died after his car hit a power pole in Hawke's Bay overnight.

A crash this year which caused the death of an unborn child and multiple injuries to others has been described as a "complete tragedy" by a judge.

A Napier family is reeling after a man allegedly entered their home and attacked the father with a hammer.

Police are investigating why two men separately drove themselves to a Napier clinic with serious injuries overnight, one with stab wounds to the head.

A Hastings woman who died following an overdose made two calls to emergency helplines that went unanswered before her death.

A Hastings man has pleaded guilty to a brutal sexual assault on an 87-year-old woman in her home last year and another sexual attack on the same day.

A Hawke’s Bay builder who accidently shot himself in the chest with a nail gun pulled out the nail himself and walked onto a rescue helicopter, but later died.

Police are looking for a man who assaulted a 16-year-old girl in her Napier home last night.

A Hawke's Bay man who shot himself in the chest with a nail gun yesterday has died.

A man charged with dangerous driving causing the death of a pet dog worries he will face undue "pressure" and scrutiny from his small seaside community, his lawyer says.