A woman allegedly chased and ran over her ex-boyfriend yesterday afternoon, after he refused to give her money.

The completion of a settlement of major Treaty of Waitangi claims is in the balance after a hui was held to resolve issues over its management.

Tributes to "brave" and "inspiring" man who died after suffering a head injury during a half marathon.

English comedian and devoted birdwatcher Bill Oddie is winging his way to Hawke's Bay next week to share tales of his years as a conservationist.

A man claiming to be a doctor and offering medical services has been charged with assaulting someone with a needle.

Ngapuhi leader yesterday admitted lying about whether he had shot five protected wood pigeons.

A whopper joey has been found in Hastings.

Seatbelts are thought to have helped prevent serious injury in a crash which partially blocked a major highway intersection north of Napier today.

A man was stabbed with a screwdriver and hit over the head with a table as he tried to chase an intruder out of his Hastings home.

A woman and a man are badly burnt after a gas cylinder exploded in their Hawkes Bay home, blowing out three windows.

A woman has been injured and a dog has died after two separate crashes tonight.

Ratepayers in Hawkes Bay have every reason to expect accountability and transparency from a big irrigation project in the region.

Owners of a Hastings gym are inviting the person who hurled a brick through their window yesterday morning to come back, join up and turn their life around.

Lissie Rathbone was the last known registered owner of a swampy strip of land outside Waipawa,

A man filled a bucket with boiling water during a smoko-break and poured it over the back of a colleague's head, neck and shoulders near Hastings.

Heidi Warren has patrolled Hawkes Bay's Waimarama Beach for four years but only saved her first life outside a Napier pub at 3 o'clock yesterday morning.

At Mangarara, they put the planet before money, writes Tim Roxborogh.

The former home of the late broadcaster Sir Paul Holmes failed to sell at tender but there is still buyer interest.

The Hawke's Bay angler who failed a lie detector test over his monster marlin catch will finally get his prize.

Mother arrived home to find her daughter vomiting green foam.

GeoNet said the four tremors were all close to Porangahau at a depth of 20 kilometres or less.

Hoons doing burnouts in a Hawkes Bay cemetery have knocked over two headstones, and left tyre marks on the grass.

Emergency services responded to the incident at 10am yesterday on a farm inland from Porangahau, Hawkes Bay.

Shelly and Mark Witchalls have dragged this once-derelict house back to the 1930s and paired 1930s aesthetics with 21st century conveniences.

A woman is in a serious condition and considered lucky to be alive after spending up to four hours trapped beneath her crashed Royal Mail van in remote hills west of Hastings yesterday.