Hastings district mayor Lawrence Yule says people's efforts to conserve water since restrictions were put in place last week is making

A car has collided with a truck on State Highway 5. Emergency services were called to the scene "just north of the Te Haroto summit"

"It's Not Ok" spokesperson Vic Tamati talks to Hawke's Bay Regional Prison inmates about living a violence-free life. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Temperatures in some parts of the country have climbed over 30 degrees before midday.

Jetstar's arrival in Hawke's Bay could boost the economy by $8 million, according to Infometrics research. The gross domestic product

Freight destined for Wellington's CentrePort was quickly diverted to Napier Port after the Kaikoura earthquake.

Hastings ice cream manufacturer Rush Munro’s is celebrating 90 years in business. They’re also gearing up to expand into the international market. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The property market is at its peak, says Property Brokers Hawke's Bay manager Paul Whitaker. He said while prices were strong and

Predicting large earthquakes is not as simple as looking to the moon or watching the pet cat. A post online predicting an earthquake

Napier dog owners were greeted with a protest as they drove to the Bark Island event in Park Island yesterday,on Sunday, with more

Pooches, poodles, bull dogs and pugs transformed Park Island into a doggy wonderland yesterday. Up to 400 people and 180 dogs rolled

After five long nights on a cliff edge suffering a broken leg and severe dehydration, cocker spaniel Bluey will soon be home with

HB v Horowhenua-KapitiFurlong Cup cricket Captain Jacob Smith celebrated his return to full health with a century as the Hawke's

Nearly one in three Hawke's Bay people sitting their restricted licence test this year didn't have the chance to complete it. NZTA

An American man will serve a prison sentence and has been fined over $27,000 for trafficking elephant ivory into New Zealand.

While the world watched the US election results unfold last night, Local Focus met Napier residents and some visitors who chose the soak in the sun instead. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

People around the world may have been glued to their screens watching the results of the US election, but in sunny Hawke's Bay, there were other priorities for some. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Taku Manawa Kara was helping her mother move house when the car she was driving left the road, killing her in a crash.

A Taradale businessman has been sentenced to nine months' home detention for multiple tax evasion offences, despite having reimbursed

Rush Munro's Family Shares Age Old Secrets About NZ's Oldest Ice Cream Following an article in Hawke's Bay Today the family of Frederick

Hawke's Bay people have hurt themselves with fireworks more than 50 times over the past three years. Little wonder, the Fire Service

It's just the third day of November yet eight people have already died on the country's roads.

Napier's Brown Owl Bakery was caught breaching multiple employment laws by MBIE.

A Coroner's hearing into the death of a Napier kindergarten teacher who died in a controversial head-on crash starts today.

The driver in a car crash which killed a Napier kindergarten teacher has told a coroner's hearing that she would joke about killing

Construction workers and lifeguards at a nearby pool tried to save a man who drowned on the Napier foreshore today.

A Coroner's hearing into the death of a Napier school boy who was accidentally strangled on a toilet window has heard there was no handle on the door.

A local businessman said his wife heard a "crack".

A court has been told a 25-year-old man sentenced for an assault on a fellow Hawke's Bay Prison inmate faces a lifetime in jail if

Two of the most exciting acts on the New Zealand entertainment scene have been lined up to wow the crowd at this year's big Hawke's