A live-in caregiver who stole $35,510 from her widowed Napier employer accepted a $2500 severance payment and dinner with her victim's family when she resigned in April

Plans to transform Napier's Marine Parade have not dampened the resolve of Marineland supporters who want marine animals to feature in the site's redevelopment.

A retired orthopaedic surgeon lay dead in his Napier home for three days before being discovered by his ex-wife, a coroner has found.

Eruption activity has subsided but another eruption could occur at any time with little or no warning, according to Civil Defence. Read the latest.

Edward Rooney charts a course to the bottom of South Island and across to Australia on one of the busiest cruise ships afloat.