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Bosses face tough new safety laws
Forest owners could have been liable for fines of up to $3 million if worker Blair Palmer had been killed by a falling tree today rather than last week.
Mum positive despite daunting odds
Family and friends are rallying around a Napier mum who is recovering from a double mastectomy.
Person trapped after car hits house
Firefighters are working to remove a person trapped in a car after it crashed into a house in Napier this evening.
Woodville-Napier rail under threat?
Concern is growing over the future of the total Hawke's Bay railway, with trade union claims a cash-strapped KiwiRail has put the Woodville-to-Napier line into a state of "managed decline".
Drugs raid finds kids 'living in P lab'
Children taken away after police raid house suspected of being a gang lab.
'Heated argument' before fatal crash
A Napier woman is on trial for manslaughter after being accused of trying to commit suicide by deliberately causing a fatal crash.
Woman dead after Napier incident
A woman died during what police described as a "serious armed incident" in Napier last tonight.
Vacant Napier house burns down
An overnight scene guard has been stationed at a vacant house in Napier that went up in flames last night.
Boy who jumped out window improving
The condition of the 9-year-old schoolboy injured as a result of jumping out of a window has improved from critical to serious.
Detention at crim's pad
A woman who was ordered to stay out of Hawke's Bay during a 10-month home-detention sentence has been bunking-down at the home of a prolific criminal near Napier.
Dad jailed for critically injuring baby
A computer gamer who bashed and critically injured his baby boy has been sentenced to jail for the act described as "a complete horror story".
Mother caught driving with kids in boot
A judge has told a mother caught driving with seven unrestrained children that she did something "a large number of families would do" thirty years ago.
Injured men drive themselves to clinic
Police are investigating why two men separately drove themselves to a Napier clinic with serious injuries overnight, one with stab wounds to the head.
I'm not the anonymous Cunliffe critic
"It wasn't me." Napier's Labour candidate Stuart Nash has denied the PM's accusation he's the party source who criticised David Cunliffe's ski holiday break.
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.
Fraudster's 184 convictions
A 55-year-old man, described as a "serial fraudster" has been sentenced for impersonating a lawyer and now holds 184 convictions, including impersonating a pilot.
Man dies in modified trike crash
A man died after what police describe as a "highly modified trike" crashed in Napier yesterday.
Councillor's son jailed for NYE attack
A Napier City councillor's son has been jailed for three years and three months for "disfiguring" a woman during an attack at a New Year's Eve party.
Firm to pay compensation
A Hastings engineering firm will pay fines and compensation of $130,000 for failing to take all reasonable steps to protect the safety of worker.
Hung jury in fatal stabbing trial
A jury in the trial of a woman accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend has failed to reach a verdict after 10 hours' deliberating.
Crown: Stabbing 'makes sense'
She's accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend, but says he pulled the knife into himself. A jury is continuing deliberations on whether Juliette Gerbes is guilty of manslaughter.
Boy suffers 'savage' attack
A 12-year-old boy was subjected to a "savage and prolonged attack" by a grown man who took exception to a comment from the boy.