A Hastings retiree illegally selling meat to cover the cost of his hunting trips has been netted by an undercover seafood operation.

More than 100 Hawke's Bay young offenders will be given the chance to gain their driver's licences and improve their employment opportunities.

A Hastings mum has spoken out about feeling like she was "kicked out" of hospital with her newborn son.

The Government's big-spend on "social investment" is being treated with scepticism by some of those battling issues such as housing and child poverty.

A Hastings woman has been ordered off the roads for eight months, after confusing a car's brake with the accelerator and running over two young girls earlier this year.

A lawyer has been accused of assaulting and injuring his former girlfriend, champion triathlete Amelia Watkinson.