Latest from Napier

'Be prepared to walk' in case of a tsunami threat, warns Hawke's Bay Civil Defence

About 20,000 Hawke's Bay properties are located in tsunami evacuation zones.

Five crashes, eight vehicles and no serious injuries

Crashes from Central Hawke's Bay to Tarawera kept emergency services busy.

A huff, and a puff and Napier's pipes are clean

Discolouring of your water: Clean story, but blame it on foam-squab pigs.

Metal recyclers not breaching compliance despite 10 complaints

HBRC will be reviewing how it deals with this type of activity in the future

Five arrests after spate of car thefts and break-ins

Police make five arrests in the war on property crime in Napier.

Napier backpackers turned escape rooms a success a year on from Covid

Some accommodation providers are faring well, while others had to reinvent themselves.

MPI raids multiple properties over 'highly organised' black market crayfish ring

About 80 fishery officers searched eight East Coast homes with police in support.

'Precedent setting': HBRC agrees to lead coastal hazards strategy

HBRC will lead next stage of the region's "precedent setting" response to coastal hazards.

Youth fighters battle for kickboxing awards

Velocity Kickboxing gym has four out of five fighters win awards in new tournament

Taradale RSA Concert Party performs in style

Taradale RSA Concert Party is doing the rounds with their latest show

High school teacher wows judges

Anna Potton-Grapes joins previous winner Kate MacKenzie at this year's WOW

In over our heads: Hawke's Bay rents up 16.3 per cent in a year, house prices up 26 per cent

"The situation is pretty desperate. What do people do?"

Baby on board: Boy born on a plane now wants to be pilot

"I was trying to hold him in, I was like 'oh no, this baby is coming out'."

Napier-Taupō RSE crash: Further remand for van driver

Yorke was remanded at large to appear in the court next on September 10.

Opinion: Protesters, lunch and saving eels

Picking up rubbish saves some eels

Top pie glory eludes best of Hawke's Bay

Cafe Ahuriri gets a silver medal for its prized venison and back pie