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A former mayor and lawyer is accused of helping a property developer hide his identity so he could borrow millions from a failed finance company.

A former North Island mayor has applied for the High Court to dismiss some of the charges he is facing in a Serious Fraud Office case.

A truck carrying eggs has crashed into a ditch on State Highway two at Waipukurau.

A former Green Party candidate has died while diving for shellfish to feed workers redeveloping a Hawkes Bay marae.

A teenage girl is in hospital with neck and abdominal injuries after a relative ran over her with a quad bike during a school fundraising ride.