Napier

Jo Cox believed her daughter and grandchildren were dead when they lost contact after the Tūtaekurī River enveloped their home, with the family huddled on the roof. Audio

A resident says people were calling for help from their rooftops as floodwaters ripped through the area. Audio

The mayor of Napier believes the government is failing in its efforts to consult on important new bills to replace the Resource Management Act.

Napier is set to trial e-scooters, joining the growing list of cities using the new urban transport method.

Napier councillors are divided over whether there are culture and leadership problems at the council as the local body election looms.

Despite the many event cancellations across the motu due to Omicron, Napier's Art Deco Festival is still going ahead next week, but it will be hugely scaled back.

Napier's council is saying little on whether it will mandate vaccine passes at most of its public facilities, despite its twin city Hastings doing it with a growing number of cases in the region.

Napier residents have not been able to get real time weather conditions from the country's main weather forecast provider during the heat of summer.

The tragedy occurred at a beach known to be unsafe for swimming.

Health officials thought a man diagnosed with Covid-19 in Napier was in Auckland.

Sweltering temperatures in the Hawke's Bay city fall short of being officially declared a heatwave.

A man in his 20s has pleaded not guilty to raping an elderly woman and assaulting her son in Napier.