"It's Not Ok" spokesperson Vic Tamati talks to Hawke's Bay Regional Prison inmates about living a violence-free life. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

It may be time to put away the togs - scorching temperatures on Wednesday aren't likely to be repeated today, the MetService says. While

Temperatures in some parts of the country have climbed over 30 degrees before midday.

Freight destined for Wellington's CentrePort was quickly diverted to Napier Port after the Kaikoura earthquake.

The property market is at its peak, says Property Brokers Hawke's Bay manager Paul Whitaker. He said while prices were strong and

Predicting large earthquakes is not as simple as looking to the moon or watching the pet cat. A post online predicting an earthquake

By now you will be aware that Hawke's Bay Today, in conjunction with Women's Refuge, is running a week-long series titled Seeking

The sunshine and the sea - and the chance to catch up with other "gap year" students from back home in Germany has made Osnabruck's

Napier dog owners were greeted with a protest as they drove to the Bark Island event in Park Island yesterday,on Sunday, with more

The dog was spotted by a rescue helicopter on Saturday morning after going over the top of the hill on Tuesday.

The biennial Wildflower Sculpture Exhibition in Hastings is back for a fifth year. Since it started the event has raised more than $150,000 for Cranford Hospice. Made with assistance from NZ On Air.

An American man will serve a prison sentence and has been fined over $27,000 for trafficking elephant ivory into New Zealand.

While the world watched the US election results unfold last night, Local Focus met Napier residents and some visitors who chose the soak in the sun instead. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Taku Manawa Kara was helping her mother move house when the car she was driving left the road, killing her in a crash.

A Fire Service spokesman said the fire in Napier was contained fairly quickly.

Almost two-thirds of Aucklanders who don't own their own homes plan to buy their first homes outside the city.

A Taradale businessman has been sentenced to nine months' home detention for multiple tax evasion offences, despite having reimbursed

There has been a serious crash in Napier tonight.

A Coroner's hearing into the death of a Napier kindergarten teacher who died in a controversial head-on crash starts today.

The driver in a car crash which killed a Napier kindergarten teacher has told a coroner's hearing that she would joke about killing

Construction workers and lifeguards at a nearby pool tried to save a man who drowned on the Napier foreshore today.

A Coroner's hearing into the death of a Napier school boy who was accidentally strangled on a toilet window has heard there was no handle on the door.

A local businessman said his wife heard a "crack".

A court has been told a 25-year-old man sentenced for an assault on a fellow Hawke's Bay Prison inmate faces a lifetime in jail if

Raising two kids and battling cancer - Juliet Mawley had to rely on Legal Aid in a recent hearing. But she feels shortchanged because of tightening budgets for legal aid across the country. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Raising two kids and battling cancer - Juliet Mawley had to rely on Legal Aid in a recent hearing. But she feels shortchanged because of tightening budgets for legal aid across the country. Made with finding from NZ On Air.

A hike in the freedom camping season is upon us - and so too the many perceptions that plague this travelling community. The thrifty

Port Ahuriri Playcentre has stunning new carvings for the kids to enjoy. But they're not from a gallery or marae, they're from prison. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Port Ahuriri Playcentre has stunning new carvings for the kids to enjoy. But they're not from a gallery or marae, they're from prison. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A cyclist has been flown to hospital after falling off her bike in Napier. The woman, in her 20s, suffered a serious leg injury when