'It's a struggle': Queue for hours to fill cars, refill gas bottles in Napier
One man says the queues are evidence people, like himself, need to be better prepared.
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‘It chased us up the hill’: Wild escape from Napier floods in caravan
'There were five cars behind me and just one made it.'
Cyclone Gabrielle: People all over the world waiting to hear if family members are safe in Gisborne and Hawke's Bay
A South African family who immigrated to New Zealand four weeks ago are missing.
Cyclone Gabrielle: The battle to re-establish power in Napier
Napier is expected to be without power for at least two weeks, the regional council says.
Handwritten note announces Art Deco Festival cancellation
With power and communication down, festival organisers turned to pen and paper.
No power in Napier expected for two weeks; health services update
Thousands are still without power across the region today.
Cyclone Gabrielle: What we know about the five confirmed deaths
The storm has left death and catastrophe in its wake.
'I genuinely thought they were all gone': Family cling to log for eight hours in floodwaters
A Hawke’s Bay family, including a 7-year-old boy, are lucky to be alive.
‘We burst into tears when we saw it’: Parts of Napier still being evacuated
Flooded community "all in the same boat".
'Pretty brutal out there': 9000 out of homes in storm-ravaged Hawke's Bay
What you need to know about the devastation in Hawke's Bay.
Families make desperate pleas to know if Hawke's Bay-based loved ones are safe
Police have set up an online tool to help families find missing people.
Napier Art Deco Festival 2023 cancelled
The world-class event has been disrupted for a third-year running.
'We've been through hell': Harrowing stories of floods survivors
Alastair Needes and other survivors tell of their close calls with rising flood waters.
Fire crews working to rescue people stranded in Hawke's Bay
A state of emergency has been declared by the mayors of Napier and Hastings.
Sting in the tail for Auckland: High winds to hit stricken Super City today
Although the intense rain is over, that does not mean it is dry.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Latest Hawke's Bay updates
“At the moment there is no need for residents to evacuate."
Youth crime unit: Hawke’s Bay’s newest police team focuses attention on teens
“It is not just a police problem, it is societal.”
Civil earthworks company that took Covid wage subsidy in liquidation, ASB owed $5.4m
Even the Government money wasn’t enough to keep it going so the owner called it quits.
Sporting chance: New super-sized indoor arena opens in Hawke’s Bay
A new $20 million arena in Taradale is one of NZ's largest indoor sports centres.
Mobster guilty of 501 deportee assault, not guilty of shooting
You can't call police because "We're the Mongrel mob", victim told.
Woman refuses neighbour a cigarette, stabbed 23 times and left for dead
K-Cyn Nathan will spend the next 4 1/2 years in jail for attempting to murder a neighbour.
Local Focus: 'Window' opens in Hawke's Bay property market for first-home buyers
'When the market does turn, it will happen really quickly. Right now, there's a window.'
Suspect found in killer sea mystery
Thousands of creatures suddenly washed ashore. Council testing may have found out why.
‘Fair shake’: Magnitude 5 quake felt by thousands in Napier and across North Island
More than 2000 people felt the shaking across the North Island.
A 501 deportee says he was turning a new leaf in NZ. Then all hell broke loose
Deportee 'wanted the drama to stop' after repeated visits from Mongrel Mob.
Redesign considered for ram-raid-ridden end of Napier's main street
Napier City Council is considering a redesign of the western end of Emerson Street.
Napier homicide house scorched by second suspicious fire
The Marewa address is where police found Arohaina Henare unresponsive.
Man charged with murder of Napier man Colin Blithe
Name suppression continues for murder accused until case reaches High Court.
Pigs found drinking water contaminated with their own filth
Mark Norrish failed to provide clean water and adequate shelter, court told.
Hastings business charged over child’s forklift injury
WorkSafe has filed charges against an orchard packing warehouse in Hastings.
Opinion: City of Sails' deluge a wake-up call, again
The recent weather is a telling tale of two flooded cities, Craig Cooper says.
Opinion: People who want to be kind make terrible MPs
In close to two decades as a newspaper editor, I met very few politicians I liked.
Company fined $19,500 for oil spill which reached Ahuriri Estuary
Council pollution officers contained oil spill using special booms.
Police launch homicide investigation after man found dead in Napier
Man was found dead in Napier on Sunday.