Hawkes Bay

Marian and Graham Hirst started growing applies 28 years ago. They've had a good 2016, winning a number of business awards, but it hasn't always been easy on their Hawkes Bay orchard.

Ammunition that was lost by a Napier police officer yesterday after it was left on the roof of a car has been found.

More than 200 council staff are being moved out of Napier's Civic building and Library after earthquake tests revealed the buildings are unsafe.

A small Hawke's Bay milk producer has stepped up to supply milk to the local market after Anchor pulled its milk off shelves because of a funny taste.

Former forester Tim Forde believes the humble poplar is one of the most under-rated trees in New Zealand. The trees on his farm are being milled and used for decking, polo mallets, toys, furniture…

Wairoa police are looking for a vehicle over a fatal hit and run in the town on Sunday morning.

David Kang Huat Lim has been found guilty of stupefying and indecently assaulting male patients at a medical centre in Hastings.

A schoolboy has described his disbelief when a doctor touched him sexually while he was sedated.

A Hastings doctor took advantage of his patients by sedating them so he could touch them sexually, the Napier District Court has been told.

A man accused of murder in a small coastal Hawke's Bay town in February has pleaded not guilty to the killing, but has admitted stealing the dead man's cellphone.

Most people evacuated in Hastings because a major gas leak this morning have been allowed back.