A 55-year-old man, described as a "serial fraudster" has been sentenced for impersonating a lawyer and now holds 184 convictions, including impersonating a pilot.

Bringing up the next generation with community spirit has gained Napier woman Gabby Allen a Pride of NZ nomination.

A man died after what police describe as a "highly modified trike" crashed in Napier yesterday.

A Napier City councillor's son has been jailed for three years and three months for "disfiguring" a woman during an attack at a New Year's Eve party.

Two Hawke's Bay police officers were assaulted during a scuffle outside a Napier bar last night.

A Hastings engineering firm will pay fines and compensation of $130,000 for failing to take all reasonable steps to protect the safety of worker.

Armed Offenders Squad members and Napier police with a dog team were conducting house to house searches for a man who held up a Kiwibank/Postshop outlet in Marewa this morning.

A husband and wife have been sentenced to prison for the wilful neglect of a baby who suffered multiple fractures that went untreated.

A jury in the trial of a woman accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend has failed to reach a verdict after 10 hours' deliberating.

She's accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend, but says he pulled the knife into himself. A jury is continuing deliberations on whether Juliette Gerbes is guilty of manslaughter.

A 12-year-old boy was subjected to a "savage and prolonged attack" by a grown man who took exception to a comment from the boy.

The number of road deaths over the Christmas-New Year holiday period edged one higher than last year following a motorcyclist death yesterday afternoon.

The Christmas-New Year holiday period road toll has risen to seven following the death of a motorcyclist.

A person has been found dead after falling from a fishing vessel off the coast of Napier.

There's a lot more to this lovely area than just art deco buildings, writes Janet McAllister.

A woman has been arrested after two French tourists were pistol-whipped in an attack in Napier last night.

An elderly Auckland couple found dead in their Napier motel room were less than a week into a much-anticipated month's trip around the country.

Cabinet Minister and Napier MP Chris Tremain has confirmed that he will stand down from Parliament next year.

A NZ man who narrowly survived a massacre at a Kenyan mall is undergoing surgery to remove shrapnel, while another Kiwi has described hiding in a box to avoid attackers.

A Hastings man was shot in the back during the weekend's mall massacre in Kenya, just days before he was due back in New Zealand.

A man wanted in connection to a stabbing at the Napier court house today has been arrested and is being interviewed by police.

The bomb squad has been searching a Napier house this morning after a six hour stand-off with a man which forced the evacuation of two streets.

A teenager accused of smashing the windscreen of a police car parked outside Napier District Court on Monday, later allegedly threatened to 'sort out' a judge if sent to jail, a court has been told.