A young woman who has accused a former Hastings jockey of repeated rape, sexual and physical abuse from the age of six, told a court today he began plying her with alcohol when she was about eight.

A retired mechanic has modified his car so he can tuck it under his bed.

The family of a girl, 5, found dead last month had to be restrained when the man accused of sexually violating her appeared in court today.

Joe Cocker aims for radio hits on his latest album Hard Knocks.

The holiday road toll has risen to six after a fatal crash on the Napier-Taupo highway this afternoon.

A chronically ill Hawkes Bay girl has been put on experimental drugs to stop her body rejecting transplanted organs.

Matisse Reid's celebration of her 10th birthday and Christmas Day came to a halt when she was taken back into intensive care.

The mother of a girl, 5, found dead in her bed after an alleged assault was trying to escape violence in her life.

A man has been remanded in custody after he appeared in court charged with assault over the death of a girl, 5, in Napier.

Power has been restored to Napier after a felled tree shortcircuited a cable supplying electricity to more than 21,000 people.

From Napier to New York, Nga Waiata's striking jewellery is making some waves.

9-year-old Matisse Reid - the girl who can't eat - was yesterday in a bad way in a Pittsburgh hospital.