Latest from Wairoa

Quake, magnitude 5.3, hits near Wairoa

SH2 between Wairoa and Napier shut

Man shot in face leaves hospital

Second arrest in gang shooting

Arrest over Wairoa gang fight

Six arrested after gang fight ends in shooting

Armed police remain on alert after a gang confrontation in Wairoa last night ended with a man being shot in the face.

Fears Wairoa meat plant could close early

Man died after choking on pie - Coroner

Bar patrons took a drunk man outside because they thought he was about to vomit, not realising he was choking on a pie, the coroner has found.

Dog destroyed after Gisborne attack

Pair beat disabled woman, dumped body in river, court told

Heavy rain warning for Gisborne

School lessons come to life at historical thermal village

Pilots drank up to 20 beers before fatal crash - report

Two men who died in a microlight crash in Hawke's Bay last year were over three times the legal blood alcohol limit, an investigation has found.

Man sues farmer after calf writes off car

A man successfully sues a farmer for more than $5000 after his car was written off when it hit a calf.

Seal unusual attraction at Hunua Falls

Kaumatua ban fishing as whanau mourn boy

Wairoa College student died while trying to rescue his prized and expensive basketball from river.