Samantha Hall, 12, is so upset by the sight of the wound to her pony's face that she can't bear to tend to the injured animal.

An 85-year-old man rescued from his burning Napier home late last night died from his injuries today.

Today Napier Boys' High School sang the national anthem loudly and proudly for one of their old boys, All Whites goalie Mark Paston.

A quake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale was felt across Napier last night.

Napier police are hunting a "skinny" Maori man wearing dark pants and a blue hoodie after a dairy owner was stabbed this morning.

Maka Renata, a sex offender who was coached to stalk and rape by his uncle is on the run after breaching his parole conditions a second time.

A 3-year-old boy was bitten by a police dog in front of more than 30 children during a kindergarten visit.

Winz staff told a woman with a university bachelor degree to "dumb down" her CV before applying for jobs.

A Napier man has been jailed after scamming more than $51,000 from Trade Me users, the biggest fraud by an individual to hit the website.

Police are hunting a man who they say sexually assaulted a 13-year-old Napier girl as she slept in her bed late last night.