Police are looking for a missing Wairoa man and hold concerns for his health and safety.

Hawke's Bay residents have voted overwhelmingly no to a proposal to amalgamate five local councils, a progress result released this afternoon shows.

Shandelle Battersby gets a taste for the finer things in life in the Hawkes Bay.

The boy who was injured when he fell from a Hawkes Bay school window in May died in hospital today.

A man in his 60s has been attacked by a large bull on a Hawke's Bay farm this morning.

Black market fishing operations have been shut down and assets seized in operations around the Hawkes Bay and Gisborne today.

Elisabeth Easther goes on a Mission to learn about Hawkes Bay wines.

Police officers first on the scene at a fatal Hawke's Bay car crash were shocked to find a grim bumper sticker on the wrecked car.

A string of police seizures has seen over a kilo of methamphetamine taken off the streets in Hawkes Bay.

The controversial $275 million Ruataniwha water storage scheme in Hawkes Bay is a step closer after the High Court said no appeals had been lodged in the consent process.

A child safety watchdog has raised concerns about bouncy castles after a boy suffered a serious head injury at an amusement centre in Hawkes Bay.

The mother of a boy who suffered head injuries at a bouncy castle fun park has found the 'hero' who cradled her son while he suffered seizures.

Emergency services are using the jaws of life to cut a person free from a car after it tipped off a Hawkes Bay farm track and rolled 20m down a hill.

An elderly woman remains in hospital after she was assaulted during an incident in the Hawkes Bay this morning.

Elisabeth Easther gets a little taste of what the generous fruit bowl of New Zealand has to offer.

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

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.

Clear sunny days will brighten the weekend, but once the sun sets, prepare for chilly nights, MetService says.

A number of historical Maori taonga, registered with Te Papa National Museum in Wellington, have been stolen in a burglary in Hawke’s Bay.

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.