A Hastings woman has been ordered off the roads for eight months, after confusing a car's brake with the accelerator and running over two young girls earlier this year.

A lawyer has been accused of assaulting and injuring his former girlfriend, champion triathlete Amelia Watkinson.

A moderate 4.2 earthquake has rocked the central North Island early this morning.

Severe winds, strong rain and the first dusting of snow on Mt Ruapehu are heralding cooler conditions.

A woman allegedly chased and ran over her ex-boyfriend yesterday afternoon, after he refused to give her money.

The completion of a settlement of major Treaty of Waitangi claims is in the balance after a hui was held to resolve issues over its management.

Tributes to "brave" and "inspiring" man who died after suffering a head injury during a half marathon.

Ngapuhi leader yesterday admitted lying about whether he had shot five protected wood pigeons.

A whopper joey has been found in Hastings.

Seatbelts are thought to have helped prevent serious injury in a crash which partially blocked a major highway intersection north of Napier today.

Dean of Napier Cathedral, Dr Michael Godfrey, has denied accusations of a long term affair with an underage girl, as he vowed to clear his name.

He's just a metre tall and most of his bones have been fractured by disease. But Samuel Gibson is an inspiring inventor and adventurer.

A man was stabbed with a screwdriver and hit over the head with a table as he tried to chase an intruder out of his Hastings home.

A woman and a man are badly burnt after a gas cylinder exploded in their Hawkes Bay home, blowing out three windows.

A woman has been injured and a dog has died after two separate crashes tonight.

Lissie Rathbone was the last known registered owner of a swampy strip of land outside Waipawa,

A man filled a bucket with boiling water during a smoko-break and poured it over the back of a colleague's head, neck and shoulders near Hastings.

A man is seriously ill in hospital after he fell from a wharf, hit a boat and "bounced" into the water.

Heidi Warren has patrolled Hawkes Bay's Waimarama Beach for four years but only saved her first life outside a Napier pub at 3 o'clock yesterday morning.

At Mangarara, they put the planet before money, writes Tim Roxborogh.

The former home of the late broadcaster Sir Paul Holmes failed to sell at tender but there is still buyer interest.

The Hawke's Bay angler who failed a lie detector test over his monster marlin catch will finally get his prize.

Mother arrived home to find her daughter vomiting green foam.