Latest from Napier

Pedestrian helping child in backseat hit by car in Hastings

Photos from the scene showed a badly bent back-right passenger door of a car.

'They’ll soon get the message': Time for crackdown on pitch invaders, ex rugby boss says

Sports watchers are fed up with the antics of pitch invaders, ex rugby union boss says.

'Not ideal': Overnight Napier health care in the balance as March 1 changes loom

It's just over a week before changes begin but Health NZ can't say what they'll be.

Swim, bike, and outlast the ‘territorial dogs’: Samoan athletes starting a triathlon culture

Locals have opened their arms to welcome a group of Samoan triathletes to Napier.

‘Taking back control’: Police spent $75,000 patrolling gang funeral

Eighteen arrests were made as out-of-town cops and the Eagle helicopter swooped.

Return of the Tri - athletes from 15 countries race their way to Napier

The World Cup event on Sunday is part of the second Napier Triathlon Festival.

Claim part-timers won’t solve Hawke’s Bay’s problems

A departing councillor says amalgamation to create fulltimers could fix the issues.

Historic Hastings church hall columns up for grabs

The columns were salvaged from the demolished Wesley Methodist Hall.

Rihanna? Guns N’ Roses? Katy Perry? Eminem? Concert venue's public poll to help it find next big act

'It will help us target our efforts in terms of bringing artists to Hawke’s Bay.'

Kiwi chiropractor for billionaires shares their longevity secrets and their odd requests

'A friend of mine used to work for a prince who would bathe in liquid gold.'

Opinion: MTG’s Voices of Kahungunu exhibit shares many voices

OPINION: Rongokako has been lying on his back in Havelock North since the 14th century.

'I made her look like that:' Man who beat woman for a month boasts about her injuries

Ford Tutaki beat and tortured the woman for a month before help arrived.

Cabinet funds Napier-Wairoa highway realignment, Bailey Bridge to remain at least four more years

The cyclone sped up the need for a project in the melting pot for at least 20 years.

Three youths arrested after Havelock North store robbed and shopkeeper assaulted

Police have arrested and charged three youths with aggravated robbery.

One conviction so far after claims of 'network of corruption' of gaming funds

Eight people were alleged to be linked in a network of gaming proceeds corruption.

‘Like opening a window’: Unearthed phone shows cyclone smashing through Esk Valley

'Looking at those photos now, it’s surreal.'

'Please, let me stay': The cyclone survivor living in caravan on red-zoned land

For Waikato Gray, Esk Valley is more than just a home. It is five generations of history.

‘Can’t comprehend it': The Pākōwhai pilots

'It looked like a tidal wave had come down.'