Police have charged a 21-year-old man with the manslaughter of a five-month-old baby who died in Hawkes Bay last week.

You'll rarely hear "subtle" and "Marlborough sauvignon blanc" in the same sentence.

A Mongrel Mob member has had his gang patch destroyed in a landmark court ruling.

The family of a girl, 5, found dead last month had to be restrained when the man accused of sexually violating her appeared in court today.

Roads and vehicles must be "more forgiving" to curb a road toll which averages more than one death a day, the AA says. Figures released by the Ministry of Transport today show 371 people died on the roads over the past year.

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The holiday road toll has risen to six after a fatal crash on the Napier-Taupo highway this afternoon.

A man's ear had to be re-attached after a drunken fight in Hastings last night.

Three Mongrel Mob members were arrested in Hastings last night after one assaulted a woman and the other two stopped police from doing their job.

A bus driver is in a critical condition after being run over by his own bus, which rolled about 40m after he parked it in gear, outside Waikato Hospital in Hamilton this morning.

A 13-year-old boy was driving the Toyota Hilux that crashed in Hawkes Bay yesterday killing a 17-year-old woman, say police.

Eight of 12 people injured in a Hawkes Bay crash yesterday remain in hospital, while a 17-year-old killed earlier in the day has been named.