A former detective who arrested Jules Mikus for the murder of Teresa Cormack is not surprised by the Mikus' latest denials.

Nine people were attacked and robbed after three aremed men burst into a Napier house this weekend.

The man convicted of the murder and rape of Teresa Cormack in 1987 wants a new DNA test to prove his innocence.

Brains behind successful Hawkes Bay scheme given chance to put ideas into practice nationwide.

Napier's Ahuriri district offers history with its coffee, says Matthew Wright.

Minister of Education Anne Tolley has reminded schools that they need to keep students safe.

An Air Nelson pilot sacked for sleeping with a young flight attendant and drinking before a flight has won his 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.

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 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.

A post-mortem examination has found the 19-year-old shot by police in rural Hawkes Bay yesterday died from a gunshot wound.

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".

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.

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.