Two people have admitted to selling rock lobster gathered with authorisation for whanau gatherings.

Internal Affairs Minister and Napier MP Chris Tremain has requested a report into how a British killer managed to obtain a New Zealand passport issued in the name of a severely brain-damaged Hastings man.

Hawkes Bay residents were jolted by an earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale, just before 10am this morning.

A former North Island mayor has applied for the High Court to dismiss some of the charges he is facing in a Serious Fraud Office case.

A Hawkes Bay teacher with a conviction for aggravated robbery has pleaded guilty to stealing a pair of sunglasses.

A Hawke's Bay man who helped rescue a couple from their crashed station wagon in rain near Wairoa has clear memories of the driver's pleas.

A Dannevirke family have been left with nothing after a suspicious fire destroyed their rural home on Saturday night.

The four leading Ikaroa-Rawhiti byelection candidates share their final thoughts about their four-week campaign with Lawrence Gullery before people vote tomorrow night.

Ollie Williams thought he was going to die as he lay pinned beneath a jetboat on the Ngaruroro River, trapped underwater and running out of air.

Wind, not rain, proved to be the weapon of choice for the southerly storm that blasted through Hawke's Bay at the weekend.

A Hawkes Bay entertainer who sexually violated a teenage boy seven years ago has been jailed for three years and one month.

Teenage sisters who successfully sued their father fear he will go back to court to try to reclaim $20,000 of their pocket money.

A Hawkes Bay police officer has been charged with seven counts of indecent assault involving five different complainants.

Family celebrations were ruined when Anita Cranston took thousands of dollars in deposits for a Fiji holiday home at the centre of legal action, a court has been told.