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.

The man who raped and murdered the 6-year-old has been denied parole because his risk of further sexual offending is too high.

Forest owners could have been liable for fines of up to $3 million if worker Blair Palmer had been killed by a falling tree today rather than last week.

The forestry worker killed in northern Hawke's Bay yesterday has been named.

Family and friends are rallying around a Napier mum who is recovering from a double mastectomy.

A public meeting will be held in Napier tonight over concerns toxic fumes from a paper processing plant are poisoning workers and neighbours.

After our tour of Napier's art deco riches, we fancied ourselves as experts of the features that marked this oh-so-elegant aesthetic.

A boating trip has ended in tragedy after a man drowned when the alloy pontoon boat he was on flipped in the water north of Napier.

Scenic Hotel Te Pania Napier has rolled out the welcome mat to guests and their dogs

Firefighters are working to remove a person trapped in a car after it crashed into a house in Napier this evening.

A jury has found a mother of 10 guilty on eight counts of assaulting her children, but not guilty of another four.

A Napier woman has set about bringing Christmas cheer to a family who have been burgled five times in as many months.

A Napier man has been sentenced after admitting to give charges of trading in endangered species.

WATCH: Video of a man being knocked down by a car in Napier CBD has gone viral.

Children taken away after police raid house suspected of being a gang lab.

The young mother found dead in her Napier home has been described by friends as the strongest, kindest and most beautiful person they had ever met.

A woman died during what police described as a "serious armed incident" in Napier last tonight.

The mother of a boy who suffered head injuries at a bouncy castle fun park has found the 'hero' who cradled her son while he suffered seizures.

In over-reacting to a classroom speech, the school surrendered the high ground and provided ammunition for those eager to support the 15-year-old's claims.

The principal at Napier Girls' High School has met with Anela Pritchard and her family and says that the issue has been resolved.

A 15-year-old girl was stood down from school after making a speech which claimed her teachers needed to work harder, rather than "sit around and do nothing."

An overnight scene guard has been stationed at a vacant house in Napier that went up in flames last night.

The condition of the 9-year-old schoolboy injured as a result of jumping out of a window has improved from critical to serious.

The 9-year-old boy injured in a mysterious incident at Taradale Primary School was reportedly trying to escape from a toilet.

Unusually large waves battered the coast of Napier forcing cyclists to slosh through the water.

A scene examination at a Napier school where a young boy was seriously injured has been completed - but police are still not revealing the cause of the incident.