Hawke's Bay

Police have charged six young men over a protest at Hawke's Bay Regional Prison's youth unit two months ago.

The offender fled the scene and armed police are in the area, but police say there's no information to suggest there is a risk to the wider public.

A man is due in court today after a person who tried to help a woman being chased was assaulted and seriously injured.

A person is in hospital with serious injuries after being assaulted when they helped a woman who was being chased by a man following a family harm incident.

The rain forecast for Hawke's Bay has not been as damaging as first feared, but there is concern for coastal areas.

Schools in Hastings had to be put into lockdown as a precaution earlier today, when a gun was fired in the city.

Relentless rain over the last month is causing huge issues for farmers and growers in the Hawke's Bay.

Forecast heavy rain could dramatically worsen storm-damaged roads, with a weather warning issued for the Hawke's Bay from tonight.

The city council is warning the discoloured water may come gushing out of the taps for some weeks yet.

A rule quietly ushered in affecting properties across the Hastings district coastline has left residents frustrated, puzzled and out of pocket.

English pop star Robbie Williams will return to New Zealand next year, playing one show only in Napier.

Three youths and a 19-year-old were arrested after two ram raids and a pursuit in Hawke's Bay.

The teenager whose body was found in a burned out car near Havelock North has been farewelled in Hastings today.

Hawke's Bay regional leaders are the latest to complain to government ministers over funding to transport agency Waka Kotahi.

Written tributes, flowers and balloons have been placed on the site where a woman's body was found in a car near Havelock North.

Life-long royalist Dorothy Galloway, 83, was one of the first in line at Napier's Waiapu Cathedral yesterday morning to sign the official condolence book for the Queen.

A Wairoa mayoral candidate engaged in an employment dispute with the district council he once worked for has again found himself in a difficult spot, this time over election hoardings.

The body found in a burnt out vehicle at Havelock North's River Road Recreational Reserve was that of a woman, police say.

Police say they will review their response after officers failed to realise there was a dead body inside a burned out car.

Police failed to realise a body was in a burned out car near Havelock North until two days after it was reported to them.