Latest from Hawke's Bay

DNA on ambo officer's nails - scientist

A forensic scientist says she has "extremely strong scientific support" a teenage girl's DNA was found on the fingernails of the ambulance officer accused of sexually violating her.

Kiwi Muslim backs Isis

A Hawke's Bay Muslim man has come out in support of terror group Isis, and is trying to spread his beliefs through social media.

Hawkes Bay: Fun in the Bay, any time

The home of sunshine has a lot of activities to offer away from the usual charms of beach and blue sky, writes Julie Haines.

6.5 quake strikes off Bay of Plenty coast

School locked down during search for 'gunman'

A Hastings primary school is in lockdown, with pupils told to stay indoors, as police search for a gunman in the area.

Propeller slices through boatie's groin

"It was horrible, I've never seen so much blood." Two women have described rushing to help a boatie who was deeply cut in the groin by a propeller.

Quake shakes North Island's east coast

A strong quake has shaken the lower east coast of the North Island this morning.

Teen injured in horror crash

A 17-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital after suffering multiple injuries in a crash in the Hawkes Bay this morning.

Driver sexually assaulted girls on bus

An elderly bus driver was jailed today after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting girls on his bus.

Family 'blown apart' by tragedy

A crash this year which caused the death of an unborn child and multiple injuries to others has been described as a "complete tragedy" by a judge.

Farmer suffers chest injuries after being struck by bull

Hammer attack on dad

A Napier family is reeling after a man allegedly entered their home and attacked the father with a hammer.

Injured men drive themselves to clinic

Police are investigating why two men separately drove themselves to a Napier clinic with serious injuries overnight, one with stab wounds to the head.

Calls to helplines went unanswered

A Hastings woman who died following an overdose made two calls to emergency helplines that went unanswered before her death.

Man stabbed in head in Hastings assault

Man admits brutal sexual assault on 87-year-old

A Hastings man has pleaded guilty to a brutal sexual assault on an 87-year-old woman in her home last year and another sexual attack on the same day.

Father's freak nailgun death

A Hawke’s Bay builder who accidently shot himself in the chest with a nail gun pulled out the nail himself and walked onto a rescue helicopter, but later died.

Teenaged girl attacked in home

Police are looking for a man who assaulted a 16-year-old girl in her Napier home last night.