A 53-year-old Napier construction worker was killed in a freak workplace accident after being struck by a large steel beam.

A man's throat was cut in an accident at a glazing company in Napier yesterday.

A wheelchair-bound man killed when fire gutted his flat in Napier early yesterday would have had no chance of escaping the ferocity of the blaze, witnesses say.

Police remain at the scene of a fire which killed a man in a unit for mentally and physically disabled residents on the outskirts of Napier today.

A wheelchair-bound man has died in a house fire in a two-bedroom flat in Napier early this morning.

Geoff Braybrooke, former long-serving Labour MP for Napier, has died.

Members of the public and police created a human chain at a Napier beach to haul ashore a boy who was washed out in heavy surf today.

A woman who complained about the public tributes left for a boy killed when hit by a vehicle two years ago says they should be removed because she does not like having to see them every day.

Napier City Council is disappointed vandals have cut down some of the city's iconic Norfolk pine trees.

Barry Gibb says he's had a lot of fun since arriving in Napier last night, but admits his Mission show on Saturday night will pay tribute to his late Bee Gee brothers.

A 35-year-old Napier woman has been remanded in custody on assault charges after an alleged domestic assault in Napier left a 45-year-old man dead from stab wounds.

Two men were taken to hospital after the car they were travelling in smashed head-on into a tree in Napier.

A Hawke's Bay woman with terminal cancer was among those vying for a shot at the big time at X Factor auditions in Napier.

Two teenagers walking through suburban Onekawa in Napier on Saturday afternoon were told they would be shot if they did not hand over their cellphones.

Napier's central Intercity bus terminal is being described as shambolic, chaotic, an embarrassment, a nightmare and a disgrace.

A Hawke's Bay police constable who assaulted a woman after being accused of snorting drugs during a night out has resigned from the police force.

Police are appealing for information following a daylight robbery in Napier over the weekend.

Three Napier brothers ran through a shower of hot, falling ash to wake neighbours and rescue an elderly woman from her burning home.

An independent review has found flaws in KiwiRail's decision to close the Gisborne to Napier line and suggests the tonnage needed to keep the route viable can be achieved.

A second sea lion has died in just over a month at Napier's Marineland when 22-year-old Makea failed to recover from a general anaesthetic on Friday.