People were seen running away from the house a short time beforehand, police say. Read...

A France under-20 rugby star schooled in Hastings will spend pre-season with the Hurricanes amid reports he is eyeing a future in the black jersey. Read...

More than 300 properties across Hastings and Napier were deemed Category 3 after the cyclone, meaning it was no longer safe for anyone to live there. Read...

A draft strategy for how and where housing will be built in Napier and Hastings includes part of Napier known to be an extreme flood risk. Read...

No-one knows their or their owner’s identity yet, but they have been captured on private CCTV in the vicinity of reported cat maulings in the Hastings suburb of Flaxmere. Read...

A plan to give the Hastings Youth Council voting rights on council subcommittees caused a storm in a bouncy castle teacup. Read...

A decision on what an inquest will cover will follow a second hearing next month in Hastings for deaths linked to Cyclone Gabrielle. Read...

FoneMate owner Hank Zheng says a customer attacked him in front of his wife and baby when asked for proof of purchase on a faulty phone. Read...

Javon Aranui, 24, died after an incident on a Hastings street in December last year. In the moments before he died he spoke to ambulance officers Read...

Malcolm Richards - who also has cancer - is in hospital in Hastings, and needs a transfer to Wellington for a triple heart bypass. Read...