Latest from Hastings

Breathalyser blows over bagpiper

Police looking for crotch grabber

Woman accused of lying about boyfriend's death

Charges likely over tot's death

Cyclist impaled by handlebar of bicycle

Former jockey convicted of indecent assault

'She's dead', son tells rescuers

Rescue launched as pair were dragged out to sea when surfcasting off a popular Hawke's Bay beach.

Judge hits taggers hard

Man charged after baby dies

Police have charged a 21-year-old man with the manslaughter of a five-month-old baby who died in Hawkes Bay last week.

Court orders gangster's patch destroyed

A Mongrel Mob member has had his gang patch destroyed in a landmark court ruling.

AA: Safer roads, cars will reduce toll

Roads and vehicles must be "more forgiving" to curb a road toll which averages more than one death a day, the AA says. Figures released by the Ministry of Transport today show 371 people died on the roads over the past year.

Man's ear sewn back on

Man has ear cut off in drunken fight

A man's ear had to be re-attached after a drunken fight in Hastings last night.

Gang arrests in Hastings

Three Mongrel Mob members were arrested in Hastings last night after one assaulted a woman and the other two stopped police from doing their job.

'I was screaming for my life'

As she watched a car and then a truck hurtle towards her, Chelsea Walker's only thought was how she and her family could survive the head-on collision - and the pile-up that put 12 people in hospital.

Ten hospitalised following multi-vehicle crash

A multi-vehicle pile up in Hawkes Bay has put 10 people in hospital, three with critical injuries, say police. Two tourists, one German and one Italian, are among those injured.