A Napier woman has set about bringing Christmas cheer to a family who have been burgled five times in as many months.

A Napier man has been sentenced after admitting to give charges of trading in endangered species.

WATCH: Video of a man being knocked down by a car in Napier CBD has gone viral.

Children taken away after police raid house suspected of being a gang lab.

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.

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 condition of the 9-year-old schoolboy injured as a result of jumping out of a window has improved from critical to serious.

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.

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

Pam McGarva was on her way to a quiz night when a car hit hers. Now eight months later, the woman driving the other car has been charged with her manslaughter.

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.