A teen was abducted from a street in a small Hawke's Bay town and driven to a remote field where she sexually assaulted by two masked men.

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by two men in Dannevirke last night, then left in a paddock.

A 3-year-old boy was bitten by a police dog in front of more than 30 children during a kindergarten visit.

Winz staff told a woman with a university bachelor degree to "dumb down" her CV before applying for jobs.

We're sitting at the top of a sun-drenched Hawkes Bay vineyard looking out to sea over heavily laden pinot gris vines which have just been harvested.

A teenager needed two rows of stitches and a steel plate to repair his shattered jaw after being beaten over the colour of his T-shirt.

Police are hunting a man who they say sexually assaulted a 13-year-old Napier girl as she slept in her bed late last night.

A battle between three friends over a $17m prize has been settled on the day a trial was due to begin.

Four teenagers escaped relatively unscathed after plunging 150m off the towering Te Mata Peak in the Hawkes Bay

Teenager Rochelle Elston had been working hard milking cows to save money for a trip to the Gold Coast with her father.

A horror seven days has seen 18 people die in 12 road accidents and has left police blaming speed and alcohol as a factor in many of them.

The day he died, Senior Constable Len Snee started work early, jogging past Jan Molenaar's house at dawn to conduct a final reconnaissance.

A steel chest plate and Kevlar-type body armour made from a motorcycle jacket protected Jan Molenaar during the Napier seige, an inquest heard.