There are many world-class wineries on our doorstep.

The holiday road toll has risen to six after a fatal crash on the Napier-Taupo highway this afternoon.

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

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.

A bus driver is in a critical condition after being run over by his own bus, which rolled about 40m after he parked it in gear, outside Waikato Hospital in Hamilton this morning.

A 13-year-old boy was driving the Toyota Hilux that crashed in Hawkes Bay yesterday killing a 17-year-old woman, say police.

The official holiday road death toll has risen to three after a 17-year-old was killed in a Hawkes Bay crash.

This is the face of the latest New Zealand child to die as a result of alleged abuse. Five-year-old Sahara Jayde Baker-Koro was found dead in her bed in Napier early on Tuesday.

Temperatures were in the late twenties across the top half of the north today, with the humidity making it feel more like the thirties in Auckland.

What do some of our friends in fashion, design and food have planned for their Christmas break?

A man has been remanded in custody after he appeared in court charged with assault over the death of a girl, 5, in Napier.

Power has been restored to Napier after a felled tree shortcircuited a cable supplying electricity to more than 21,000 people.

From Napier to New York, Nga Waiata's striking jewellery is making some waves.

A knife-wielding man commandeered a Mr Whippy van and hurled ice creams at passersby, a court has been told.