A man was shot in the face and 24 arrests made after a violent gang brawl in the Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa this morning.

A woman police constable was attacked by a motorist she pulled over for drunken driving.

Armed police remain on alert after a gang confrontation in Wairoa last night ended with a man being shot in the face.

Guy Sainsbury came across a group of people who had seen a vehicle 80m down a bank, and decided to look around the area himself.

Two men who died in a microlight crash in Hawke's Bay last year were over three times the legal blood alcohol limit, an investigation has found.

A man successfully sues a farmer for more than $5000 after his car was written off when it hit a calf.

Wairoa College student died while trying to rescue his prized and expensive basketball from river.

Whitebaiters reminded to clean nets to prevent spreading didymo.

Paul Henry's suggestion that Moko the Mahia dolphin be shot has not surprised local residents who say he's an idiot who speaks without thinking.