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.

An elderly woman has died while walking her dog at Perfume Point, Ahuriri in Napier this morning.

The heroic actions of a teen who swam to shore to raise the alarm during a family fishing tragedy were last night lauded by her relatives.

Flaxmere streaker Rose Kupa says she's knocked off one task on her bucket list, but the All Blacks are not impressed.

All Blacks captain Richie McCaw is expecting a tight test against Argentina in Napier tomorrow, saying his side will have to show patience against an improving team.

A man who indecently abused young boys over nearly a decade has narrowly avoided a sentence of preventive detention.

A Napier woman was dragged from her car and sexually assaulted while on a break near her work in Ahururi last night.

A woman was killed and a cyclist seriously injured in two serious crashes in the central North Island early this morning.

Ports of Auckland, Napier Port and cold storage specialist Icepak have formed a joint venture to develop a new $20 million inland port and freight hub at Longburn, near Palmerston North.

Police are investigating why two men separately drove themselves to a Napier clinic with serious injuries overnight, one with stab wounds to the head.

She wove a stylish thread through NZ history. Now, the sartorial contributions of trail-blazing politician Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan will go on show.

Evidence from a cell phone has been used for the first time to convict a person of possession and making a copy of objectionable material.

Angus Veitch spends eight hours commuting every week - but he believes it's a fair trade-off for being able to live in the city of his choice while doing a job he loves.

"It wasn't me." Napier's Labour candidate Stuart Nash has denied the PM's accusation he's the party source who criticised David Cunliffe's ski holiday break.

At least one Fire Service crew was remaining overnight at the scene of an acid spill on a manufacturing site in the Whakatu Industrial Park between Napier and Hastings.

A 2-year-old boy has died after he was hit by a car in the carpark of a KFC in central Napier this afternoon.

A 55-year-old man, described as a "serial fraudster" has been sentenced for impersonating a lawyer and now holds 184 convictions, including impersonating a pilot.

Bringing up the next generation with community spirit has gained Napier woman Gabby Allen a Pride of NZ nomination.