An American man will serve a prison sentence and has been fined over $27,000 for trafficking elephant ivory into New Zealand.

While the world watched the US election results unfold last night, Local Focus met Napier residents and some visitors who chose the soak in the sun instead. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Taku Manawa Kara was helping her mother move house when the car she was driving left the road, killing her in a crash.

A Fire Service spokesman said the fire in Napier was contained fairly quickly.

Almost two-thirds of Aucklanders who don't own their own homes plan to buy their first homes outside the city.

A Taradale businessman has been sentenced to nine months' home detention for multiple tax evasion offences, despite having reimbursed

There has been a serious crash in Napier tonight.

It's just the third day of November yet eight people have already died on the country's roads.

Napier's Brown Owl Bakery was caught breaching multiple employment laws by MBIE.

Construction workers and lifeguards at a nearby pool tried to save a man who drowned on the Napier foreshore today.

A Coroner's hearing into the death of a Napier school boy who was accidentally strangled on a toilet window has heard there was no handle on the door.

A local businessman said his wife heard a "crack".

A court has been told a 25-year-old man sentenced for an assault on a fellow Hawke's Bay Prison inmate faces a lifetime in jail if

Raising two kids and battling cancer - Juliet Mawley had to rely on Legal Aid in a recent hearing. But she feels shortchanged because of tightening budgets for legal aid across the country. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Raising two kids and battling cancer - Juliet Mawley had to rely on Legal Aid in a recent hearing. But she feels shortchanged because of tightening budgets for legal aid across the country. Made with finding from NZ On Air.

A hike in the freedom camping season is upon us - and so too the many perceptions that plague this travelling community. The thrifty

Port Ahuriri Playcentre has stunning new carvings for the kids to enjoy. But they're not from a gallery or marae, they're from prison. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Port Ahuriri Playcentre has stunning new carvings for the kids to enjoy. But they're not from a gallery or marae, they're from prison. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Kiwis heading out today are being advised to pack both sausages and sunscreen as a big high parks itself over the country.

A Napier man has been found guilty on 13 out of 28 charges of violence and sexual abuse against his partner over two-and-a-half years.

The jury in the trial of Napier man accused of "sadistic" offending against his partner is struggling to reach unanimous verdicts The

Hamilton Logan is 92 next month, and this "old grizzly" has been attending Hawke's Bay A&P Show for 70 years. Far from getting sick of it, he says the show is a 'must-see'. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Hamilton Logan is 92 next month, and this "old grizzly" has been attending Hawke's Bay A&P Show for 70 years. Far from getting sick of it, he says the show is a 'must-see'. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The Napier pound will be investigated by the Ministry for Primary Industries following a complaint of alleged breaches of the Animal

Median weekly earnings in Hawke's Bay are surging ahead of other North Island regions.

The jury in the High Court in Napier will consider 28 verdicts against a Napier man accused of sexually abusing and torturing his

The weekend's freak storm in Napier and Hastings - when hail fell, and blue skies darkened - could herald a turbulent week ahead

Priced out of Auckland? A property expo this weekend aims to pitch affordable properties in the regions.

A woman who stole 300 pieces of mail to get money for her meth habit dodged a prison sentence in court today.

Three teenagers were nabbed by police in Napier last night as they were allegedly burgling a house.