It's just the third day of November yet eight people have already died on the country's roads.

The teaching community is mourning this week after four teachers from Hawke's Bay schools passed away within a week. The Wairoa College

Congestion north of Auckland and around Wellington has eased, NZ Transport Agency says.

The 67 meat workers set to lose their jobs from Silver Fern Farms' Frasertown plant will receive a quarter of the redundancy agreement

A petition to have one of Wairoa's main alternative roads sealed has attracted more than 240 signatures. Kiwi Road residents want it sealed to decrease dust nuisance, improve their health and overall lifestyle. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A petition to have one of Wairoa’s main alternative roads sealed has attracted more than 240 signatures. Kiwi Road is just one of several rural roads residents want sealed to decrease dust nuisance, improve their health and overall lifestyle. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The Napier-Wairoa rail line is set to reopen, with an agreement between KiwiRail and Napier Port being signed today.

Prices for petrol in some parts of Hawke's Bay yesterday dropped to the lowest prices in the region in more than a decade.

Heritage campaigners have launched a last-ditch effort to save an historic Waikaremoana building.

Police have found the blue car believed to have been involved in a fatal crash that left three gang members dead on Saturday.

Police investigating the deaths of three Mongrel Mob members in a crash near Wairoa have today re-interviewed the only survivor.

Police are looking for a missing Wairoa man and hold concerns for his health and safety.

Kelvin Wayne Rangi, 48, was last seen in Wairoa early this morning, driving his car along State Highway 2.

Economists have written them off and their educated young are leaving. Still they refuse to die quietly. Some are reinventing themselves in a bid to breathe life into our zombie towns.

Two men are in hospital, with one in critical condition, after a crash early today.

The search for missing Gisborne man Duncan Munro ended tragically yesterday for his family when his body was found in a remote area on the Mahia Peninsula.

The name of the four-month-old Wairoa boy who died in Starship Hospital overnight on Friday has been released by police.

Police investigating the death of a Wairoa baby hope to release the four-month-old's body to his grieving family today.

The baby boy seriously injured in an incident at a Wairoa house a week ago died overnight at Starship Children's Hospital in Auckland.

A 4-month-old is fighting for his life after he was injured at a Wairoa home over the weekend, but police say they still do not have a clear picture of what happened.

More than 20 sheep were killed after a car ploughed into a stray flock northeast of Wairoa.

Two cousins involved in shooting a rival gang member at point-blank range in Wairoa have been sentenced to 12 years in jail.