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'It could've been a child.' A man has been arrested and charged over an incident where a quad bike hit and killed a puppy on Haumoana Beach.

A Napier man will serve 300 hours community service, after he indicated he was interested in buying a plane, said he was a pilot, flew the aircraft - all without a licence.

Former Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election candidate Maurice Wairau has been charged with attempted murder.

Emergency department nurse Kay Hamilton watched helplessly as the life drained from her fox terrier puppy after she was hit by a speeding quad bike.

A man killed when his jetboat spun out of control and crashed into a tree west of Hastings at the weekend was an experienced boater who was "so looking forward" to the trip.

The partner of a jetboater killed after hitting a tree is traumatised after a shocking high-speed tragedy marred a summer outing on a Hawke's Bay river yesterday.

The Department of Conservation (DoC) has quashed a rumour circulating in Hawkes Bay promoting an "open fishing day" at Te Angiangi Marine Reserve today.

'It was all a little weird' said the officer of a car that burst into flames after driving past a five-car pile-up caused by a tourist who stopped to take photos.

A 17-year-old boy killed this week on a Hastings orchard was a bright, ambitious kid with it "all in front of him" just days after finishing his final year at high school.

Police and labour inspectors are investigating a workplace accident today where a 17-year-old man died after falling from a motorbike.

A "horrendous" sexual assault on a teenage girl in Hastings has left neighbouring residents asking for increased security and fearing further attacks.

A pregnant woman and her partner were rescued by police in the Hawke's Bay last night after a rising river trapped them in the car they were living in.

A passenger travelling 180km/h in a car put her feet against the dash as she fought to protect herself and a kidnapped 15-month-old baby.

A gang member who stabbed a man in the foyer of the Napier Court house earlier this year has been sentenced to three years and four months imprisonment.

The deaths of two teenage Flaxmere College students has prompted support from the Ministry of Education, after both girls died within a week of each other.

Five farmers killed in quad bike accidents all had trailers or spray units fitted to their bikes, and two had been using cannabis, a coroner has found.

A man is in a critical condition in hospital after receiving between 50 and 100 bee stings in an incident in Hawke's Bay today.

There's a lot more to this lovely area than just art deco buildings, writes Janet McAllister.

A woman has been arrested after two French tourists were pistol-whipped in an attack in Napier last night.