Latest from Napier

Child dies after Marine Parade foreshore incident

Drowning off Napier coast.

Napier's 23 poor air quality readings 'a load of hot air'

There were no fires, no smoking chimneys, and yet Napier recorded a "bad air quality" day.

England rugby star: How I changed Dunedin 'sex-wise'

How James Haskell helped spice up some of the Highlanders' personal lives

Weird and wonderful: Out of the ordinary ways to see New Zealand

Innovative ways are needed to discover what lies in, on and under Aotearoa.

70,000 New Zealanders to be given temporary exemption from the My Vaccine Pass

A 12-year-old was told she couldn't get the vaccine pass because she wasn't on the record.

Hawke's Bay roadworker injured after truck and trailer jack-knifes into temporary traffic lights

"The truck did not stop in time, and jack-knifed as it approached the lights."

'Sod's law': Couple who lost everything to suspicious fire still in limbo

A Hawke's Bay contracting company is calling for public help for two of their workers.

Pākehā artist claims copyright over bouncy castle's Māori design

A Hastings hire company is in a copyright argument over one of its Māori bouncy castles.

'It's kind of like the Titanic': Restaurant on Napier coast hit by sinkhole in deck

"That's thousands of dollars a day we've lost because of that hole."

Napier Port net profit hits record $23.2m despite Covid disruption

Revenue rose to $109.5 million.

T20 match at McLean Park: Auckland misses summer of cricket

Napier plays host to Aussie v Black Caps

175 community Covid cases today, in Auckland, Waikato, Northland and Taupō

There are 93 people in hospital with Covid, nine of whom are in ICU or HDU.

MetService warns of thunderstorms and heavy rain

Warnings and watches are in place around the country.

Sleepless nights on the cards for some as temperatures set to skyrocket

Metservice is warning people to stay alert and stay hydrated.

'They would be devastated': Fears for Flaxmere and Maraenui drive big vaccine push

"Go to them, instead of expecting them to come to you."

Mako loosie home to battle home town semifinal favourites

McLean Park semifinal poised to be a thriller