Victim says the bogus car seller 'seemed like a legitimate guy'.

The white powder will most likely be from plaster added a few years ago to the Shield.

After witnessing Cyclone Gabrielle devastation, Liam Schofield's priorities changed.

It is arguably the most dominant performance since the Shield was first presented in 1902.

Scenes of jubilation amid the blood, sweat and beers are what Shield rugby is all about.

Allister Tosh is one of 10 candidates vying for the Tukituki seat.

Ballad Woodley-Hanan suffered a severe episode of mania and was hospitalised last week.

Operation Cobalt police working to disrupt Hawke's Bay gang activity.

Cost-benefit modelling says avoided crashes created $93 million worth of benefits.

Deri Corfe makes his mark at Napier City.

Labour's Hutchinson said National's Nimon was 'playing gutter politics on gangs'.

OPINION: Get ready for "climate whiplash".

Business owner and dental surgeon eager to enter politics.

Jason Signal wasn't a gang member but was convicted for his part in the killing.

Killer of Napier woman Arohaina Henare pleads guilty to murder.

Newcomer Cushla Tangaere-Manuel holds slight lead over Meka Whaitiri

Rob Hulman, the former owner of a well-known restaurant, is standing in Tukituki.

Group drinking before the accident but the driver was under the legal limit.

Video of the incident has been classified as objectionable material.

Esk Valley is a dust bowl, as winds whip up debris left by Gabrielle.

All up, 27 candidates are vying for your votes on October 14.

Family say they will always "value" former All Black who made it to 100 as a great father

Sylvia Bell one of an estimated 130 Wairoa residents unable to return home after cyclone.

OPINION: Based on the evidence of the cyclone, the council's plantings must be questioned.

Zane Hugh Smith appeared for sentencing for a third time.

Ringleader jailed for 45 months, but may soon be eligible for parole.

Sole provincial-based club in football's National League out to impress.