Hawke's Bay

Residents are "shocked and devastated", but the council warns the order to leave "cannot be ignored".

Rain is on the way for almost all of the North Island, including areas badly battered last month.

Two others are fighting for their lives.

Police say the crash was reported to emergency services around 3pm on Tuesday.

One person was killed and two others were critically injured in the crash involving a car and a school bus yesterday.

A man remains in critical condition after being stabbed on Saturday.

Multiple fire crews were called to the fire in Eskdale, north of Napier.

A significant jump in the recreational use of nitrous oxide has sparked concern, with claims big canisters of the gas are being marketed directly to children. Audio

A homicide investigation has been launched after the discovery of a woman's body at a worksite in Hawke's Bay last week.

A Novus Glass Waipukurau employee said he had never seen so much carnage from one stretch of NZTA-funded roadworks - a section near SH2 north of Waipawa.

It took five hours after initial reports before police and the Coastguard recovered the body from the water.

Andy Winitana, 46, died in hospital after sustaining injuries during an assault outside a Napier nightclub.

Police said it was unclear how the person came to be there, and how they died, and were treating the death as unexplained.

The eels, including breeding stock thought to be 40 to 50 years old, were found dead in the Waiatāi Stream near Wairoa last month.

Police found nothing of concern after a report of a person with a gun.

This summer's crop of rule breakers on the water are flouting rules meant to prevent fatalities, a harbourmaster says, including speeding and taking children on boats without lifejackets.

Detective Sergeant Ryan Kemsley said police were called at around 1am to West Quay in Ahuriri where the man was located unresponsive on the ground.

The Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa has been without a full-time dentist for the last five years. Audio

Steve Gibson said there were several reasons for his discomfort.

A "malicious third-party" attack launched a virus on the firm's IT network, which was not protected by its cyber security software.