A flock of marvellous distractions await you at The Farm, writes Diana Balham.

The driver of a council tractor-mower is 'very shaken up' after he hit and killed a 4-year-old described by his gran as 'full of joy and bounce.'

New Zealand has halted all apple exports to China for the rest of the season after rot was found in several batches at the Chinese border.

One person had died and another is injured following a road crash in central Hawke's Bay.

A Hawke's Bay police officer resigned from the force after an incident in which a man stormed a local station and threatened the officer with an imitation firearm.

The man accused of a hit and run in Hawkes Bay that left a 5-year-old boy in a critical condition last week has failed to appear in court this morning.

A 5-year-old boy battling for his life after an alleged hit and run in Flaxmere has taken "a turn for the worse" in Starship children's hospital.

A teenager accused of smashing the windscreen of a police car parked outside Napier District Court on Monday, later allegedly threatened to 'sort out' a judge if sent to jail, a court has been told.

A man who seriously injured his 6-year-old daughter when he crashed his overloaded quad bike while driving drunk avoided prison due to the "appalling experience".

A 10-month-old baby is being returned to his mother this afternoon after his Mongrel Mob father allegedly kidnapped him after a domestic dispute in Hastings today.

Hawke's Bay residents are infuriated by a report that suggests nearly 1000 of them could be at risk if a $600m dam fails in an earthquake.