The annual Te Aute College Matariki Festival is growing in popularity, attracting hundreds of people to the celebrations held on Friday

A teenager serving a life sentence for murder is facing a charge of indecently assaulting a female prison officer at Hawke's Bay Hospital.

A former Magpies player who was sacked after 26 years in the meat working industry for not wearing a safety hat has headed to court to get his job back.

The winning entry, Bride of the Black Knight, was constructed from Black Knight liquorice and yellow shopping bags

Napier MP Stuart Nash says he has lost confidence in the region's police district commander.