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Woman critical after crash between motorbike and ute
Emergency services were called to the intersection of Farndon and Pakowhai Rd in Hastings at 2pm where the two vehicles had collided.
Mechanic first at the scene
A Hawke's Bay mechanic says he found two women - one unresponsive, the other trapped and covered in blood - as he rushed to the scene of a serious crash near Hastings yesterday.
Former ambo officer found guilty of sexual assault
A jury is now considering the fate of an former St John officer accused of sexually assaulting four women in the back of his ambulance.
School locked down during search for 'gunman'
A Hastings primary school is in lockdown, with pupils told to stay indoors, as police search for a gunman in the area.
Six month old baby dies in motel
Staff at a Hastings motel say the mother of a six-month-old boy ran screaming from her room after her son's unexplained death yesterday.
Tables turned on robber
A masked and armed robber left a Hastings service station empty-handed after his demands were refused by the attendant.
Acid spill on manufacturing site
At least one Fire Service crew was remaining overnight at the scene of an acid spill on a manufacturing site in the Whakatu Industrial Park between Napier and Hastings.
Two dead after 600m fall
Two men have died after a car crashed on a rural road and rolled 600m down a bank near Te Hauke, south of Hastings.
Two dead in small plane crash
Hawkes Bay and East Coast Aero Club president Bruce Govenlock says the deaths of his friend and a UK pilot in today's plane crash were a "terrible tragedy''.
Mayor criticises home-detention
Hastings' Mayor has criticized the sentence of a local man who broke his baby daughter's legs and was released from prison after little more than 12 months.
Accused sex attacker remains unnamed
A man accused of sexually assaulting an 87-year-old Hastings woman in her home has had an interim name suppression order further extended.