A 46-year-old woman who died after her motorcycle and an oncoming car collided near Napier has been described by a close friend as a "special, true and powerful woman".

A 55-year-old man, described as a "serial fraudster" has been sentenced for impersonating a lawyer and now holds 184 convictions, including impersonating a pilot.

The long-haired schoolboy who was suspended for refusing to cut his locks has won a High Court battle to keep his long hair.

A $275 million dam and irrigation scheme proposed for Central Hawke’s Bay is a step closer after Hawke’s Bay Regional Council voted to invest up to $80 million in the scheme.

No longer a sleepy village, this Hawke's Bay locale is now a sought-after destination.

"Maybe now he's learned not to play with goats," said the flatmate of a man who was chasing wild goats, lost his footing and fell 40m down a cliff.

Peace, quiet, breathtaking views and a top golf course await guests at Cape Kidnappers, writes Rob Cox.

The fossil of a squid-like creature wiped out with the dinosaurs has been discovered in a Hawkes Bay streambed. What makes it such a 'significant' find for NZ?

David Taite still does not accept he should have been shot by police officers in an incident near the Central Hawke's Bay township of Otane in October 2011.

Police were justified in shooting a Hawkes Bay man left paralysed as a result, an independent report has found.

A pensioner who lay dead in a car next to his trapped and injured wife for 15 hours has been named as Alan Henry Skittrup, 94, of Taradale.

An elderly woman lay trapped and badly injured overnight next to her dead husband after their car left a driveway and rolled up to 30 metres down a steep bank.

Three people will appear in Gisborne District Court over an armed hold-up of a Mexican tourist in Hawkes Bay yesterday.

Hawkes Bay wine producers are joining forces to try to cash in on the growing wine market in China.

One man has died after his car left a rural road near Hastings and ended up in a stream.

Any talk about the retirement age being upped to 68 or 70 would result in a sort of "so what?" response from Trevor Page of Napier.

A quick-thinking Hastings resident scuttled the mischievous plans of an alleged burglar in Parkvale yesterday - by sitting on the offender until police arrived.

A Hawke's Bay police officer accused of indecently assaulting five teenagers told two girls they were drunk and "no one would believe them", a court has heard.

A spectacular showcase of flavours from Hawkes Bay launches the winter, writes Catherine Smith.