While no-one questions the need for the peer support organisation, its location in the middle of the city has been the source of fierce dispute for a number of years. Read...

Businesses in the city square say there has been a rapid increase in verbal abuse and antisocial behaviour. Read...

An increase in Napier’s homeless population partially due to cruise ship season and begging opportunities 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...

His wife drowned in Canada in 2010, and he maintains he tried to save her. A year later he was charged with her murder. 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...

The cordons have been lifted on tait Drive after the Armed Offenders Squad were called to investigate a serious incident on Thursday afternoon. Read...

Porritt School is in lockdown and Tait Drive is closed while police investigate on Thursday afternoon. Read...

Parkside Adventist Christian School and Porritt Primary School both went into lockdown. Read...

Porritt School is in lockdown and Tait Drive is closed while police investigate on Thursday afternoon. Read...