Napier residents jumped at the opportunity of a free feed yesterday after hundreds of dead fish spewed into the marina when a fisherman lost his day's catch.

A Napier woman is on trial for manslaughter after being accused of trying to commit suicide by deliberately causing a fatal crash.

The young mother found dead in her Napier home has been described by friends as the strongest, kindest and most beautiful person they had ever met.

A woman died during what police described as a "serious armed incident" in Napier last tonight.

The mother of a boy who suffered head injuries at a bouncy castle fun park has found the 'hero' who cradled her son while he suffered seizures.

In over-reacting to a classroom speech, the school surrendered the high ground and provided ammunition for those eager to support the 15-year-old's claims.

The principal at Napier Girls' High School has met with Anela Pritchard and her family and says that the issue has been resolved.

A 15-year-old girl was stood down from school after making a speech which claimed her teachers needed to work harder, rather than "sit around and do nothing."

An overnight scene guard has been stationed at a vacant house in Napier that went up in flames last night.

The 9-year-old boy injured in a mysterious incident at Taradale Primary School was reportedly trying to escape from a toilet.

Unusually large waves battered the coast of Napier forcing cyclists to slosh through the water.

A scene examination at a Napier school where a young boy was seriously injured has been completed - but police are still not revealing the cause of the incident.

Two people were killed on the roads in separate incidents during the weekend.

A young Napier man who organised a Facebook party that went out of control at the weekend may be charged by police with holding an unlicensed event.

Cricket World Cup fever is beginning to build on the heels of Saturday's quarter-final game.

Police tasered, pepper-sprayed and set dogs on a 53-year-old man who died in Napier in the early hours of this morning while being arrested.

Napier is New Zealand's most prolific cricket-watching city during the Cricket World Cup, according to figures compiled by Statistics New Zealand.

The Black Caps will swap bats and balls for pens this evening as they continue with rest and relaxation before taking on Afghanistan this weekend.

A woman streaker who ran on to McLean Park in Napier during last year's All Blacks test against Argentina has cost the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union just under $3000.

Rebuilt in the 1930s, Art Deco Napier seduces Michelle Coursey.

Distinctive tattoos on a man found dead in an alleyway in central Napier this week could help to identify him.

A woman who was ordered to stay out of Hawke's Bay during a 10-month home-detention sentence has been bunking-down at the home of a prolific criminal near Napier.

The theft of a $14,000 custom-built chiller-freezer unit from a Napier firm's yard was a case of 'they knew what they wanted and knew what they were doing'.

A Wairoa woman has been charged with manslaughter following the death of a Napier mother of three.

Every ski run is an act of raw go-it-alone courage.

A computer gamer who bashed and critically injured his baby boy has been sentenced to jail for the act described as "a complete horror story".

Animals scurried for cover as a blaze ripped through scrub near Rotorua Airport -- one of three big blazes to keep firefighters in the North Island busy this weekend.