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Impaled cycle rider back on her feet
A quiet ride for Claire van Schaik ended with her lying in agony on the road with a set of handlebars embedded 10cm into her stomach.
A quiet ride for Claire van Schaik ended with her lying in agony on the road with a set of handlebars embedded 10cm into her stomach.
A woman who partially blinded a Hawke's Bay policeman after kicking him in the head and eye in July last year has been jailed for more than six and a half years.
A man has been charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of a five-year-old Napier girl in December. Sahara Baker-Koro was found dead in her Napier home on December 21 last year.
Jesse Ryder has been ruled out of the fourth one-day cricket international against Pakistan today.
The onus will be squarely on New Zealand's only two pace bowlers - Tim Southee and Hamish Bennett - to curb Pakistan's big hitters in Napier today.
Black Caps skipper Daniel Vettori hopes his side gets plenty of batting practice in today's fourth one-day-international in Napier.
Alison Shanks has stood on the dais to receive world championship and Commonwealth Games gold medals. But she remembers just as vividly standing at the helm of the Spirit of New Zealand.
A body found in a crashed car near Napier yesterday has been formally identified as missing motorist Alex Binns, police say.
A young woman who has accused a former Hastings jockey of repeated rape, sexual and physical abuse from the age of six, told a court today he began plying her with alcohol when she was about eight.
A retired mechanic has modified his car so he can tuck it under his bed.