Latest from Hawke's Bay

Hawke's Bay health board in $1.3m blowout

The first quarter of the financial year has been described as one of the worst for the Hawke's Bay District Health Board.

Crash victim needs a 'miracle'

A "miracle" is needed for a 20-year-old Hawke's Bay man, critically injured in a weekend crash, to recover and help piece together the cause of the puzzling accident.

Town vs country in neighbourhood noise war

Dangerous biter on the run

A dangerous prisoner who bit his partner badly on the cheek and was granted bail to attend his son's funeral has disappeared.

Man shot by police threatened officers

A man left paralysed after being shot by police near Otane has been convicted of threatening to kill the police officers who shot him.

Mother guilty of 16 charges after identity theft

Rustlers, poachers hit Hawke's Bay farms

Firm fined $65,000 after employees burned

Paul Holmes misses work in latest hospital stay

Broadcaster Paul Holmes says he is missing work but hopes to be discharged from Hawke's Bay Hospital soon.

Teenager in dock over KFC attack

Man arrested over vicious KFC assault

Man forced at knifepoint to sell his car

5.5 quake hits near Taupo

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck near Taupo this afternoon and was felt along the East Coast of the North Island.

Fight for rail line ramps up

Discharge after mum-washes-undies row

A businessman has been discharged without conviction for threatening to kill his partner with a knife after an argument broke out over his mother washing his underwear.

Innovation cuts costs for Telecom

Little chance of aftershocks

Aftershocks are unlikely after a 5.2 magnitude earthquake rocked much of the central and lower North Island today.

Love flows as teens fight for life

The teenagers involved in a "horrific" car crash at Waipukurau have been flooded with online messages of love and support from friends and family.