A husband and wife have been sentenced to prison for the wilful neglect of a baby who suffered multiple fractures that went untreated.

A jury in the trial of a woman accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend has failed to reach a verdict after 10 hours' deliberating.

She's accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend, but says he pulled the knife into himself. A jury is continuing deliberations on whether Juliette Gerbes is guilty of manslaughter.

A 12-year-old boy was subjected to a "savage and prolonged attack" by a grown man who took exception to a comment from the boy.

The number of road deaths over the Christmas-New Year holiday period edged one higher than last year following a motorcyclist death yesterday afternoon.

A major spike in thefts from cars in Napier, especially in the central city area, has led to a "take everything out" warning to owners from police.

A person has been found dead after falling from a fishing vessel off the coast of Napier.

There's a lot more to this lovely area than just art deco buildings, writes Janet McAllister.

A woman has been arrested after two French tourists were pistol-whipped in an attack in Napier last night.

An elderly Auckland couple found dead in their Napier motel room were less than a week into a much-anticipated month's trip around the country.

Cabinet Minister and Napier MP Chris Tremain has confirmed that he will stand down from Parliament next year.

A NZ man who narrowly survived a massacre at a Kenyan mall is undergoing surgery to remove shrapnel, while another Kiwi has described hiding in a box to avoid attackers.

The bomb squad has been searching a Napier house this morning after a six hour stand-off with a man which forced the evacuation of two streets.

A teenager accused of smashing the windscreen of a police car parked outside Napier District Court on Monday, later allegedly threatened to 'sort out' a judge if sent to jail, a court has been told.

The driver of an overloaded quad bike who crashed, seriously injuring his 6-year-old daughter, has avoided a prison sentence to help prevent his daughter suffering any further trauma.

Police have revealed that a wild chase during which a man careered through a gate and an orchard, happened after he kidnapped a woman from outside a police station.

Internal Affairs Minister and Napier MP Chris Tremain has requested a report into how a British killer managed to obtain a New Zealand passport issued in the name of a severely brain-damaged Hastings man.

Napier property owners given a year to get earthquake risk assessments on their buildings are likely to have the deadline extended another two years because there aren't enough structural engineers to do the work.

A 15-year-old was stabbed after a party got out of control in a Napier suburb at the weekend.

A Napier man has been convicted after sending an email threatening to take an ACC branch "hostage".

A Canadian man who was kicked numerous times in the head while trying to stop an assault in Napier is surprised almost no one else tried to stop the thuggery.