Waipukurau's Mt Vernon is up for sale for the first time since it was built in 1853 - ending a 164-year history with the Harding family. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

State Highway 2 has been closed since the early hours of this morning following a fatal crash near Norsewood.

One boy suffered head injuries and second a broken leg in the incidents.

Police have named the two people found dead at a house in Hawke's Bay yesterday.

Detective Inspector Rob Jones said police launched an investigation into the deaths of two occupants of a residential address.

Central Hawke's Bay College is on lockdown due to the threat of toxic smoke from a fire at the derelict Waipukurau Hospital's nurses' quarters.

A man whose arm was caught in a conveyor belt for about an hour has been awarded $52,000 compensation.

The annual Hatuma Lime Half Marathon is a real boost for the Central Hawke's Bay rural economy.

A man was flown to hospital yesterday after an accident with a log splitter.

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.