But Hawke's Bay Area Commander Inspector Tania Kura is likely to escape conviction.

Police are looking for Donald Adam Summer who went missing since yesterday morning. He is also known as Donald Adams or Don.

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Hawke's Bay Police are looking for the young man responsible for the sexually motivated incident.

The thinking behind Kiwi ingenuity was tipped on its end by artist Ben Pearce with his Stone Age Eight Gauge entry in the annual No8 Wire competition.

Two women have admitted methamphetamine charges after a police raid in which more than $20,000 cash was seized.

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