Police launch a murder inquiry over a body found in the back of an accused Hawkes Bay gunman's car.

A Hawke's Bay gunman who shot at police and threatened farmers has gone to ground.

Motorists who spent a freezing night in their snow-trapped cars on the Napier-Taupo Highway are rescued.

Cordons have been set up around 15 square kilometres of farmland as a police helicopter and armed police search for a gunman.

A body was found in the car of a gunman on the run in the lower North Island.

A severe weather warning is issued for the lower North Island while police warn of surface flooding in Auckland.

A High Court decision ordering a financial adviser to pay an elderly widow $250,000 could become a "benchmark" for other claims.

Rob Cox enjoys a host of challenging activities at a world-class Hawkes Bay resort.

A Hawkes Bay judge has been criticised for telling a woman wearing a headscarf to leave his courtroom.

Shooting victim Layden Rameka was trying to shepherd his wife and children into a bedroom, when he was killed.

"Our family's heart goes out to the victim's family, particularly his wife and children," the family of murder accused Wilson Apatu said today.