Hastings man pulled from fire
A Hastings teen is being hailed a hero after jumping a 3-metre fence, dragging a sleeping man from his bed and extinguishing a flaming frying pan.
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Fatal crash: No seatbelts
Four farmhands who died in a horrific early morning crash were not wearing seatbelts and three were thrown from the "unsafe" vehicle when its roof was torn off.
Shark swims too close for comfort
A one metre shark gave swimmers a scare at a Hawke's Bay beach yesterday.
Widespread power outage in Hawkes Bay
A widespread power outage is affecting homes and businesses in and around Hawkes Bay this morning.
Prominent Hawkes Bay estate agent fights ruling
Hawkes Bay real estate agent Simon Tremain says he will fight a verdict of unsatisfactory conduct from the Real Estate Agents Authority.
Total fire ban across Hawke's Bay
The Department of Conservation is taking the unusual step of declaring a total fire ban across its Hawke's Bay regional parks for the first time in 12 years.
Runaway mum jailed for teen liaison
A woman who formed a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl, then fled with her across the North Island, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison.
Hawkes Bay DHB tries to contain budget blowout
Vulnerable people are receiving less home help as Hawkes Bay District Health Board (DHB) struggles to contain a budget blowout.
Life sentence for murder of father
The second brother in a Hawkes Bay family to have killed someone with a knife has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his father.
Man survives 200m plunge into paddock
A badly injured man was being flown to hospital last night after the vehicle he was in plunged about 200 metres from Te Mata Peak, Havelock North.
Paralysed man gets home detention
A man left paralysed after he was shot by police in Central Hawke's Bay last year has been sentenced to home detention.
Crash throws man into lagoon
A 38-year-old man was killed when he was thrown into Ahuriri Lagoon in a head-on collision between two trucks on the Hawkes Bay expressway.
Quad biker dies in Hawke's Bay
A 64-year-old Hawkes Bay man died about noon yesterday when his quad bike rolled at his Porangahau farm.
Jailed for 'Jackass' fire prank
The Jackass-influenced teenager who doused another person in petrol and set him on fire has been sentenced to three years in prison.
'Million-dollar rain' helps Hawke's Bay farms
"Million-dollar rain" was how Hawke's Bay Federated Farmers president Bruce Wills described yesterday's downpours which swept the region.
Hawke's Bay health board in $1.3m blowout
The first quarter of the financial year has been described as one of the worst for the Hawke's Bay District Health Board.
Crash victim needs a 'miracle'
A "miracle" is needed for a 20-year-old Hawke's Bay man, critically injured in a weekend crash, to recover and help piece together the cause of the puzzling accident.
Dangerous biter on the run
A dangerous prisoner who bit his partner badly on the cheek and was granted bail to attend his son's funeral has disappeared.
Man shot by police threatened officers
A man left paralysed after being shot by police near Otane has been convicted of threatening to kill the police officers who shot him.