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Man in serious condition after wharf fall
A man is seriously ill in hospital after he fell from a wharf, hit a boat and "bounced" into the water.
Police praise wharf-fall rescuers
Heidi Warren has patrolled Hawkes Bay's Waimarama Beach for four years but only saved her first life outside a Napier pub at 3 o'clock yesterday morning.
Teresa Cormack's killer denied parole
The man who raped and murdered the 6-year-old has been denied parole because his risk of further sexual offending is too high.
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.