Emergency services were not called immediately after attack.

State Highway 2 between Gisborne and Wairoa will be closed at some point over the next two days to investigate at fatal bus crash.

There was a record downpour in Auckland, a tornado in Taranaki and "quake lights" above Wellington. Oh, and 2016 was likely also New Zealand's hottest year on record.

It could be two or more days before the Gisborne area gets power after a light plane crashed into power lines this morning, cutting electricity to the city.

A driver has been airlifted to hospital after a serious truck crash on the East Coast this morning.

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

A reward of $5000 is being offered as part of a quest to find a painted mural that went missing from the Wairoa Centennial Library

Woman died after her car veered off the road in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Only five days into November, 10 people have already died on our roads, and police fear another 60 to 70 people could be killed before the end of the year.

Congestion north of Auckland and around Wellington has eased, NZ Transport Agency says.

The 67 meat workers set to lose their jobs from Silver Fern Farms' Frasertown plant will receive a quarter of the redundancy agreement

A petition to have one of Wairoa's main alternative roads sealed has attracted more than 240 signatures. Kiwi Road residents want it sealed to decrease dust nuisance, improve their health and overall lifestyle. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A petition to have one of Wairoa’s main alternative roads sealed has attracted more than 240 signatures. Kiwi Road is just one of several rural roads residents want sealed to decrease dust nuisance, improve their health and overall lifestyle. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The Napier-Wairoa rail line is set to reopen, with an agreement between KiwiRail and Napier Port being signed today.

Prices for petrol in some parts of Hawke's Bay yesterday dropped to the lowest prices in the region in more than a decade.

Heritage campaigners have launched a last-ditch effort to save an historic Waikaremoana building.

Gisborne family feeling lucky to be alive after a terrifying incident while travelling through Raupunga.

Baby boy's mother says investigation concluding is 'huge relief'.

Police are looking for a missing Wairoa man and hold concerns for his health and safety.

Kelvin Wayne Rangi, 48, was last seen in Wairoa early this morning, driving his car along State Highway 2.

Economists have written them off and their educated young are leaving. Still they refuse to die quietly. Some are reinventing themselves in a bid to breathe life into our zombie towns.

Two men are in hospital, with one in critical condition, after a crash early today.

The search for missing Gisborne man Duncan Munro ended tragically yesterday for his family when his body was found in a remote area on the Mahia Peninsula.

A man is in critical condition after his car hit a power pole and rolled on the outskirts of Wairoa yesterday.

The name of the four-month-old Wairoa boy who died in Starship Hospital overnight on Friday has been released by police.

Police investigating the death of a Wairoa baby hope to release the four-month-old's body to his grieving family today.