Latest from Napier

Rain on the plains mainly the same, as last year

Monthly rainfall in Hawke's Bay again below the dotted line.

February rain? Napier's January rainfall only a fifth of normal average

January rainfall in Hawke's Bay significantly lower than average for the time of year.

Second Pick the Bay event to be held next week

The last event in November drew more than 500 people

Lowest January road toll in 50 years

It's been two months since a person died on Hawke's Bay roads.

Latest summer photo competition entries

The competition closes on January 31.

'Our players tell a very different story' over abandoned cricket game

The pair from a Year 11-13 team have been stood down from all cricket until the hearing.

Campgrounds busy as Kiwis make most of camping holidays

Overseas tourists are missing but for Dannevirke Camping Ground it's a bumper summer.

Two days left in Hawke's Bay summer photo comp

Get your entries in for our summer photo competition by January 31.

Hawke's Bay's hot weather coming to an end

Temperatures will drop by about 10 degrees tomorrow.

Heatwave to hit Hawke's Bay as temps predicted over 30C four days in a row in Hastings

MetService is predicting the region to remain hot all week.

Neighbour wakes Napier flat's occupants as BBQ reignites, starting large fire

Ross Augustine said he was awoken to sounds "like someone ripping up tin".

Hawke's Bay's million dollar suburbs revealed

For the first time, the Bay has two $1m suburbs, as prices move into a new stratosphere.

Napier men locked-up after lockdown cannabis robbery

Niece's cannabis deal sparked pair's robbery of four strangers.

Educators concerned about Govt daycare food regulations

Poorer families could be the ones hit hardest by banned foods list.

Youth worker sentenced for sexual offences involving girl, 13

Court heard the offences came to light in a extortion attempt a decade later.

Another One Leaves the Crust: launch lights up Napier night sky

Another One Leaves the Crust has blasted off - Rocket Lab's first launch for 2021.

Demo starts on Napier's fire-damaged Bay View BP

"All our team members are being supported and remain BP employees."

Revealed: The stores going into Kmart Napier's new development

Cafe and outdoor equipment chain prepare to open as developers deal with "minor" defects.