Hawke's Bay

The search for a man believed to have jumped from a cruise ship off the coast of Hawke's Bay has been called off.

Thousands descend on Mahia's white-sand beaches for summer, putting a strain on resources and riling residents used to a quieter life, Aaron van Delden reports.

The Conservation Department's part of the track to Cape Kidnappers will stay closed over Christmas after two tourists were seriously injured in a rockslide while walking underneath the cliffs in… Audio

A flotilla's 10-week voyage retracing the first encounters between Māori and Pākehā came to a close today. Audio

Mark Williams had a "close call" with a stomach ulcer that put him in the Hawke's Bay Hospital earlier this year. So he thought it'd be great to light it up for sick kids at Christmas.

Some 160 new homes to be built in Hastings over the next 18 months will simply replace those demolished under the previous government, the Housing Minister says.

Police have taken a person into custody after the Armed Offenders Squad was sent to a sports stadium in Napier.

Three people have been seriously injured after a car travelling on the wrong side of the road hit them in Hastings this morning.

A ratepayers' association is being set up in Mahia amid frustration with the attention paid by Wairoa District Council to local issues.

A decision on whether to demolish Napier's civic building and library has been put off after doubts were raised about whether it was severely earthquake-prone as previously thought.

Napier residents will soon no longer be able to wash cars in driveways.

The unsafe bridge that has forced families to carry the bodies of their relatives nearly a kilometre on foot for burial at their urupā is a step closer to being repaired.

The outgoing chair of the Hawke's Bay District Health Board says he's disappointed and embarrassed his future role as chair is being played out in the media, with no communication from the Health…

Ngāti Kahungunu says it was "tricked" into supporting a water project - funded by the Provincial Growth Fund - they vehemently oppose.

Hawke's Bay police want to speak to anyone who has information about a spate of clashes between rival gangs over the weekend.

Armed officers have been patrolling throughout Hawke's Bay since a spate of gang-related incidents in Napier on Sunday Audio

Gang-related incidents in Napier on Sunday have left two people injured and a medical centre sprayed with what appears to be shotgun pellets.

It's not yet clear whether a Hawke's Bay charity boxing fight will go ahead tonight, following the death of one of its organisers.