Liberal Anglican priest Dr Helen Jacobi says she is ashamed of her Church after it postponed "blessings" for gay marriages for at least two years.

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.

A rider of a scooter was trapped under a car in Napier after colliding with a car.

A teenager will stand side-by-side with an elderly veteran to be the faces of an Anzac memorial service this morning.

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.

The man who raped and murdered the 6-year-old has been denied parole because his risk of further sexual offending is too high.

The forestry worker killed in northern Hawke's Bay yesterday has been named.

Family and friends are rallying around a Napier mum who is recovering from a double mastectomy.

A public meeting will be held in Napier tonight over concerns toxic fumes from a paper processing plant are poisoning workers and neighbours.

After our tour of Napier's art deco riches, we fancied ourselves as experts of the features that marked this oh-so-elegant aesthetic.

A boating trip has ended in tragedy after a man drowned when the alloy pontoon boat he was on flipped in the water north of Napier.

Time travel is difficult-but not impossible: witness the nostalgia-seeking horde that descends on Napier for the Art Deco Weekend each February.

Police have cordoned off areas adjacent to Napier's Bluff Hill after a woman fell and was stuck in trees near the summit.

Scenic Hotel Te Pania Napier has rolled out the welcome mat to guests and their dogs

Firefighters are working to remove a person trapped in a car after it crashed into a house in Napier this evening.

A Napier woman has set about bringing Christmas cheer to a family who have been burgled five times in as many months.

A Napier man has been sentenced after admitting to give charges of trading in endangered species.

WATCH: Video of a man being knocked down by a car in Napier CBD has gone viral.

Children taken away after police raid house suspected of being a gang lab.

Napier residents jumped at the opportunity of a free feed yesterday after hundreds of dead fish spewed into the marina when a fisherman lost his day's catch.

A Napier woman is on trial for manslaughter after being accused of trying to commit suicide by deliberately causing a fatal crash.

The young mother found dead in her Napier home has been described by friends as the strongest, kindest and most beautiful person they had ever met.

A woman died during what police described as a "serious armed incident" in Napier last tonight.

The mother of a boy who suffered head injuries at a bouncy castle fun park has found the 'hero' who cradled her son while he suffered seizures.

In over-reacting to a classroom speech, the school surrendered the high ground and provided ammunition for those eager to support the 15-year-old's claims.

The principal at Napier Girls' High School has met with Anela Pritchard and her family and says that the issue has been resolved.