Police are still appealing for sightings of a van seen in the area early on the morning when Lachan Kelly-Tumarae was fatally shot by police.

A post-mortem examination has found the 19-year-old shot by police in rural Hawkes Bay yesterday died from a gunshot wound.

A clearer picture of how Lachan Kelly-Tumarae came to be shot dead by police could take some time, with police saying the investigation will be a "slow and meticulous process".

A former Armed Offenders Squad chief says police only had a split second to act when shooting victim Lachan Kelly-Tumarae allegedly aimed a weapon at them, and had to aim at his body "mass", rather than a limb.

A man shot dead in an armed stand-off with police was training with the army and had moved to Napier to escape the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake.

Police have named the man shot dead by a police officer in rural Hawkes Bay early this morning and say it appears the 19-year-old fired a shotgun first before being shot by an officer with a Glock pistol in Fernhill, about 15km from Napier.

Today's fatal police shooting near Napier is the seventh in just over a decade, since Waitara man Steven Wallace's death in 2000.

A car has burst into flames after crashing in Napier, leaving one person fighting for their life.

A Wellington diver who made headlines when he mysteriously disappeared from Titahi Bay near Porirua gave an elaborate account of being abducted when he turned up some 300km away two days later.

A tropical cyclone formed near Fiji today is on track to bring strong winds and heavy rain to New Zealand next week, forecasters predict.

A man who faked his disappearance on a diving trip then turned up at a Hawkes Bay police station had claimed he'd been sexually assaulted, it emerged today as he pleaded guilty to wasting police time.

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A former Hawke's Bay jockey has been jailed for six years for years of sexual abuse and violence against a young girl who told him in court today he had robbed her of a childhood that should have been focused on dolls and pretty pink dresse

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