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Napier: Peace pushes destruction aside
Napier's Ahuriri district offers history with its coffee, says Matthew Wright.
Tolley tells schools to toughen up on bullying
Minister of Education Anne Tolley has reminded schools that they need to keep students safe.
Hostess sex case pilot wins back job
An Air Nelson pilot sacked for sleeping with a young flight attendant and drinking before a flight has won his job back.
Pilot sacked for sex with teen flight attendant gets job back
A pilot has won his job back after being sacked for a late-night drinking spree during which he had sex with a 19-year-old flight attendant.
Police visit shot teen's final resting place
Senior police have visited the final resting place of a teenager shot dead in an armed stand-off with their officers earlier this week.
Police shooting: Investigation seeks grey van
Police are still appealing for sightings of a van seen in the area early on the morning when Lachan Kelly-Tumarae was fatally shot by police.
Teen shot by police died from gunshot wound
A post-mortem examination has found the 19-year-old shot by police in rural Hawkes Bay yesterday died from a gunshot wound.
Police shooting investigation could take some time
A clearer picture of how Lachan Kelly-Tumarae came to be shot dead by police could take some time, with police saying the investigation will be a "slow and meticulous process".
Former AOS boss defends police shooting of teen
A former Armed Offenders Squad chief says police only had a split second to act when shooting victim Lachan Kelly-Tumarae allegedly aimed a weapon at them, and had to aim at his body "mass", rather than a limb.
Shot man an earthquake refugee
A man shot dead in an armed stand-off with police was training with the army and had moved to Napier to escape the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake.
Police: Man shot by officer fired first
Police have named the man shot dead by a police officer in rural Hawkes Bay early this morning and say it appears the 19-year-old fired a shotgun first before being shot by an officer with a Glock pistol in Fernhill, about 15km from Napier.
Seventh fatal police shooting in 11 years
Today's fatal police shooting near Napier is the seventh in just over a decade, since Waitara man Steven Wallace's death in 2000.
Questions over fatal police shooting
Police say it is unclear whether an armed man shot dead by an officer in rural Hawke's Bay early this morning had fired his weapon. The man was shot by an officer with a standard issue Glock pistol and died around 3am in hospital this
Napier crash leaves person in critical condition
A car has burst into flames after crashing in Napier, leaving one person fighting for their life.
Diver tells elaborate tale to explain disappearance
A Wellington diver who made headlines when he mysteriously disappeared from Titahi Bay near Porirua gave an elaborate account of being abducted when he turned up some 300km away two days later.
Tropical cyclone may reach NZ next week
A tropical cyclone formed near Fiji today is on track to bring strong winds and heavy rain to New Zealand next week, forecasters predict.
'Missing' diver pleads guilty
A man who faked his disappearance on a diving trip then turned up at a Hawkes Bay police station had claimed he'd been sexually assaulted, it emerged today as he pleaded guilty to wasting police time.