Crashes have been reported up and down the country.

Three dead in separate crashes across New Zealand

Police are investigating three fatal crashes in Hastings, Mangaweka and Lindis Pass today, with multiple roads closed and serious crash inquiries under way.

1:57pm

Roughly 100 seniors in the district need residential care, with families forced to send loved ones hours away after Cyclone Gabrielle closed the town’s only facility.

'Sliding away': Wairoa seniors forced to leave amid rest‑home closure

Roughly 100 seniors in the district need residential care, with families forced to send loved ones hours away after Cyclone Gabrielle closed the town’s only facility.

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5:30

Napier City Councillors received a 20.84% pay increase.

Napier’s squabbling councillors got the region’s biggest pay bump

Napier’s squabbling councillors were given the biggest pay bump of all councillors in the region when they came into office, an average increase almost six times the rate of inflation.

Sun, Mar 15

Police want to speak with the owner of a white ute that was nearby when this assault took place.

Man in trench coat sought after Napier walking track assault

Police want to speak with a man with spikey hair who wears a coat with "buttons down the front and deep pockets on the side".

Fri, Mar 13

Air New Zealand

What we know about Air NZ's fuel crisis flight cuts

Air New Zealand is cancelling around 1100 flights until early May as it deals with the fallout of rising fuel prices.

Thu, Mar 12

File photo.

Warning issued of potential 'pyramid scheme' out of Hawke's Bay

The Commerce Commission said the scheme, based in Hawke's Bay, markets itself through popular social media apps.

Thu, Mar 12

Joseph Auga Matamata was sentenced to prison for human trafficking and enslaving 13 people

Hawke's Bay human trafficker Joseph Matamata loses sentence bid

Joseph Matamata was jailed for 11 years in 2020 for using 13 people as slaves and 10 charges of human trafficking.

Thu, Mar 12

Stood-down Napier deputy mayor doesn’t want the job back as councillors prepare to vote.

Stood-down Napier deputy mayor doesn’t want the job back

The deputy mayor role is now up for grabs for Napier’s 11 councillors for the third time since Mayor Richard McGrath was elected in October.

Wed, Mar 11

Police said a person at the address struck the intruder about the head and face with a golf club.

Resident hits home invader with golf club after occupant attacked

"The victim sustained serious injuries, and both occupants are understandably very shaken by the incident," police said.

Wed, Mar 11

Napier Mayor Richard McGrath wears his mayoral chains at an earthquake memorial service at the Waiapu Cathedral.

Napier mayor to let councillors decide on city’s third deputy mayor

Mayor Richard McGrath's standing down his Deputy Mayor Sally Crown was the focus of a private meeting.

Tue, Mar 10

Right-arm fast bowler Brett Randell tore through the Northern Districts top order in the Plunket Shield on Sunday.

Watch: Central Stags bowler takes five wickets in five balls

Central Stags opening bowler Brett Randell tore through the Northern Districts top order in round six of the Plunket Shield competition on Saturday, taking five wickets in five consecutive balls.

Sun, Mar 8

Westshore resident Alex Walker stands on top of the pea-metal bund.

Turning back the sands: $50m plan to stop a Napier beach washing away

For 39 years, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and Napier City Council have maintained a wall of pea metal to keep the sea from eroding away the beach as mother nature slowly took away the beloved beach’s sand.

Fri, Mar 6

Mobility parking spaces in Hawke's Bay

Fewer mobility park flouters in Hawke's Bay after 400% fine increase

A 400% increase in the fine was introduced by Central Government in October 2024 - taking it from $150 to $750.

Tue, Mar 3

February 2026
Name of Hawke’s Bay extremist who plotted mass stabbing revealed

Name of Hawke’s Bay extremist who plotted mass stabbing revealed

Ronndog Elliott Keefe, 21, has been publicly identified after suppression was lifted. He was jailed for more than five years for amassing child abuse material and planning a knife attack on a mosque or mall.

Fri, Feb 27

Men charged over grandmother's murder in Hastings

Men charged over grandmother's murder in Hastings

Sharlene Smith was found dead at a worksite earlier this month.

Fri, Feb 27

Fire and Emergency New Zealand said it responded to the truck and van collision around 6.25am.

Eight injured after truck and van collide in Hawke's Bay

St John said it had one helicopter and four ambulances at the scene on Puketitiri Rd in Rissington, north-west of Napier.

Thu, Feb 26

Napier Mayor Richard McGrath stands next to former Deputy Mayor Sally Crown and the rest of Napier's councillors.

Who wants to be Napier’s deputy mayor now? Five say 'no thanks'

After the sudden standing down of Deputy Mayor Sally Crown, only one of Napier's eligible 10 councillors has expressed interest in being Mayor Richard McGrath’s deputy.

Wed, Feb 25

A vehicle of interest identified by police.

Police seek handbag and phone after death of Hastings woman

Police had previously appealed for sightings of a white 2005 Mazda 3 sports hatchback and have now identified a specific route the car had travelled on.

Wed, Feb 25

Harvest began in mid-February in Marlborough, and even earlier in Hawke's Bay, as the warming climate brings the ripening forward. 

Grape expectations as winemakers experience earliest vintage

Harvest began in mid-February in Marlborough, and even earlier in Hawke's Bay, as the warming climate brings the ripening forward.

Tue, Feb 24

Multi-agency effort, including the FBI and Internal Affairs, foiled the attack on a mosque or mall.

Hawke's Bay extremist to keep name secret – for now

At the Napier High Court today, Judge Richard Earwaker declined permanent name suppression but counsel representing the offender appealed.

Tue, Feb 24

Napier's Deputy Mayor Sally Crown and Mayor Richard McGrath.

Napier mayor stands down 'blindsided' deputy mayor

The unprecedented breakdown between the pair played out in full public view at a Napier City Council meeting on Tuesday.

Tue, Feb 24

Hastings ratepayers will be paying a Cyclone Gabrielle recovery rate for 16 years

Hastings residents to pay cyclone recovery rates for next 16 years

Two years on from Cyclone Gabrielle, the Hastings District Council was facing a $230m recovery bill.

Mon, Feb 16

More severe-weather states of emergency have been declared already this year than in all of 2025, as deadly storms, record rainfall and repeated flooding batter parts of the North Island.

Severe weather States of Emergency in 2026 already match last year

Eight severe weather-related states of emergency have already been declared this year, matching the total for all of 2025.

Mon, Feb 16

Body washes ashore at Mahia, police inquiry underway

Body washes ashore at Mahia, police inquiry underway

Police said a member of the public made the discovery on Mahanga Beach about 1pm on Saturday.

Sun, Feb 15

A fire at Liquor Centre Wairoa.

One injured, roads close as crews battle Wairoa liquor store blaze

Multiple crews from Wairoa, Gisborne, Nuhaka and Manutuke were called after a fridge fire became well involved on Sunday morning.

Sun, Feb 15