Latest from Napier

Passengers delayed nearly three hours after plane struck by lightning
"There was a big flash outside and the plane definitely shook a little bit."

Rovers grind down Stop Out in Napier
Napier City Rovers had to toil but eventually broke down Stop Out's resolve in Napier.

Local Focus: Roller derby Maidens meet their match
Bay City Rollers Vs Death Stars. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Port notches container-packing record
Port's container packing facility at capacity but using smarter ways to keep up.

Uncertainty for Warehouse workers as jobs on the line
Hawke's Bay Warehouses stay quiet on whether workers will be axed

Legal action lodged over Te Mata Peak track
Environmental Defence Society challenges council decision and seeks order to remove track.

All clean, till the meth reared up
Two men with only one previous conviction between them each jailed for more than two years

Dairy owners shaken by armed raid
Four people storm Taradale store to steal $25,000 worth of cigarettes and tobacco.

Fleeing driver crashes into police car
A fleeing driver came to an abrupt stop after he crashed into a police car.

Child-murderer recalled back to prison
Roma recalled to prison for allegedly drinking alcohol thus breaching his bail conditions.

Railway land set for retail development
New shopping centre proposed for 1.28ha site near Napier's central business district.

Dementia diagnosis: 'You're still the same person'
About 80 per cent of Kiwis know someone with dementia. So how do we deal with that?

Repeat drink driving costs Napier man almost $2400
He wasn't supposed to have any alcohol in his system but posted 1211mcg.

Nash pulls out of own fundraiser, 'not appropriate'
Nash said attacks on Labour by friend Matthew Hooton meant fundraiser was inappropriate.

Labour's Stuart Nash defends $1000-a-head fundraiser
Stuart Nash says all candidates and parties need fundraisers to run good campaigns.

Blues take three points in so-so clash
Napier City Rovers need to find consistency if they are to claim the Central League crown.

Mysterious movements: Couple, police keen to solve mystery of moved car
The relocated car was undamaged, locked, and nothing appeared to have been taken from it.

Death on crossing in Napier
Community members rallied in vain to save a man hit by a car in Onekawa

Shipping containers flung from Napier Port
Two empty shipping containers blown into the sea by the gale-force winds in Napier.

Wet and wild weather moves south and leaves clean-up
The weather is expected to move south from the already rain-soaked Gisborne district.

Hawks lose third time to Saints this season
It was time for Hawks to show they were capable of mixing it with the Saints. Did they?

Napier Port defends use of toxic fumigation chemicals banned in Europe
Existing exposure rates at work are well below known hazardous levels.

Get ready, there's another cold blast coming our way
A chilling southerly breeze is making its way up the country.

Pitch controversy punctuates Suburbs' win
Havelock North Wanderers make most of heavy underfoot against Suburbs in Chatham Cup loss.

Napier: So many ways to relax
Hawke's Bay's wine hub provides an idyllic getaway, writes Eveline Harvey.

Stuart Nash responds to 40th aggravated robbery this year
Youth being let down by the system according to Police Minister.

Crash victim's mum: 'It can end in a moment'
Helen Morris made a routine call to her daughter. She had no idea it would be the last.

Crash victim's firm to fund repatriation
George Weston Foods to pay for Napier worker's body to be sent back to India.