A Hawke's Bay prison officer was hospitalised yesterday after being attacked by an inmate, and the incident is now being investigated by police.

The simple act of leaving a lamp on at home sparked a blaze which totally destroyed a Waipukurau home at the weekend.

A teenager accused of dousing another boy with petrol then setting him alight has been found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

A teenager accused of dousing a younger boy in petrol and setting him alight said he thought the flames would be easily extinguished.

Outraged Hawke's Bay residents are concerned after a recidivist paedophile was allowed to live in a Clive rental property without the community being informed.

Diana Plater follows the Classic New Zealand Wine Trail from Hawke's Bay to Marlborough.

White supremacy flyers have again been distributed to Hawke's Bay letterboxes, provoking another outcry from residents who describe them as nothing but rubbish.

"They haven't trained me for this" thought shepherd Hamish Pollock when he came across three dead sheep with gas rising around them.