Police are investigating after a 12-year-old boy was hospitalised falling off a sled being towed by a quad bike.

A Hawkes Bay woman who stole more than $660,000 from her employer sat at a desk next to the owner of the business she was fleecing.

One person has suffered serious injuries after a train and a car collided in Hawkes Bay this afternoon.

A man's throat was cut in an accident at a glazing company in Napier yesterday.

A prominent Hawke's Bay barrister has admitted crashing into a vehicle driven by Sensible Sentencing Trust spokesman Garth McVicar.

Most of the North Island could be declared a drought zone by the end of the week, but Prime Minister John Key says the impact on the Government's books remains to be seen.

Five years have passed since his daughter went missing, and life has only got harder for Joe Tumanako and his family.

A woman who complained about the public tributes left for a boy killed when hit by a vehicle two years ago says they should be removed because she does not like having to see them every day.

A new business operating at the entrance to Taradale Shopping Centre on Gloucester St has upset some locals because it is a funeral home.

The family of a boy killed when hit by a vehicle on Guppy Rd are devastated that Napier City Council is considering removing roadside tributes to him after receiving a complaint from a nearby resident.

A tropical cyclone and three other heavy rain patterns are due to position themselves above NZ this weekend, but it is unlikely they will bring much-needed rain.

Droughts have been declared in South Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Hawkes Bay regions, a week after drought was declared in Northland.

Hawke's Bay's water operators are checking the region's supplies for contamination of Cryptosporidium.

Barry Gibb paid tribute to his two brothers Robin and Maurice in an emotional show that brought magic to Mission Estate, Roger Moroney writes.