Person dies in hospital after car collides with mobility scooter

Mother died in sea biscuit accident on Taranaki river

The coroner wants people to heed speed restrictions, after a woman died by hitting a bridge support, while being towed on a ski biscuit by a jetski.

Two more youths charged with Napier murder of Kaea Karauria

"Police are not ruling out further arrests and are continuing to investigate the tragic death," Detective Inspector Dave De Lange said.

Young offroaders remove almost 400 tyres from riverbank

"We don’t dump rubbish - it’s stupid and beyond a joke. So we decided to do something about it."

Huge Hawke's Bay cannabis crop busted 'just before first harvest'

Two men allegedly built three rooms and a loft inside a business and had plants coming into production in just three months.