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The lack of a contingency plan for a long term Manawatu Gorge closure has a commentator claiming the...

Horowhenua mayor Michael Feyen is calling for his council’s chief executive to stand aside while a...

make the ‘‘appropriate arrangements’’ to leave the country. But, a deportation liability not...

Dwindling business and higher bills are hitting Dannevirke residents hard as the Manawatu Gorge rema...

Support for a rehabilitation centre for injured birds continues to swell as foundations for the proj...

Big Brother will soon be watching Palmerston North bus drivers after multiple complaints were made a...

Rain, wind, snow and slips have lashed Manawatu, and more brutal weather is on its way. Sno...

neighbour’s house and are now staying at a motel until another Housing New Zealand home is found.&...

A new mural at Square Edge has become a family affair for the Palmerston North artist commissioned t...

The Manawatu Gorge’s indefinite closure has hit some small centres hard, but there is a silver lin...

Final workouts have been interspersed with hugs and tearful farewells as Palmerston North’s Config...

The road through the Manawatu Gorge is closed indefinitely after revelations a large portion of the ...

Highway traffic has bypassed the small town of Woodville for months and its business owners want the...

St, since she moved in a few years ago. A pair of dehumidifiers had kept any mold issues at...

Dozens of allegations of police misconduct are under investigation, including high-profile complaint...

The mother of a woman who died in a suspected suicide claims authorities failed her daughter by not ...

Family of a special needs pupil removed from school after threatening a teacher are appalled at the ...

who came with his brother Finlay, 4, and rugby fan mum Nicola Silver. â€˜â€˜I wasn’t goin...

Attacked, harassed and threatened by beggars twice in as many days, Soren Olson says he’s had enou...

The founder of a charity that has spent more than two decades scooping up young people who have drun...

Two young men ran for their lives as a fire tore through their home. Matt Trask awoke to th...

A rainbow of cultures and stories were celebrated with song, dance and food for World Refugee Day.&a...

Palmerston North’s mayor backs the city becoming home to a new refugee resettlement centre, if fun...

Detective Sergeant Dave Thompson said. He asked anyone who had been in the area at the time...

competing. Allison said he got into reenactments in 2014 as he wanted to be involved in som...

A judge has chastised a man who assaulted a partly deaf 80-year-old amputee after an argument about ...

‘‘It’s my baby’s chair. ‘‘It’s bad enough what happened to us... â€˜â€˜Theyâ€...

The axing of a key search and rescue role in a police restructure has stunned a Manawatu family, who...

A kerbside food waste collection service could be on the menu for Palmerston North. Early e...

A family’s long quest for home ownership has been blackened by a fire that has gutted the first ho...

When Lynette Brunton’s daughter was admitted to a mental health ward, it was with a sigh of relief...

Patients are spending up to 15 hours in the Palmerston North Hospital’s emergency department, as s...

Roading officials are considering constructing an alternative route to the slip-prone Manawatu Gorge...

A planned liquor store near a church and retirement village has riled residents of a Palmerston Nort...

Talena Paewai-borell, 17, enjoyed being part of a team. â€˜â€˜I wanted to give back and itâ...

Vicki Walsh was told she would never run again, but with the help of her best friend, she raced over...

2011, but rather than risk their lives, he takes on all the work himself. For the past four...

Defence: The men and women in uniform were given a $982m boost, $576m of that in capital and $100m g...

the gang would be like as a neighbour. ‘‘They could be above board, they could be great, they co...

With just a click of a button, a company’s reputation can be torn to shreds, no matter the veracit...

Manawatu has managed to steer clear of myrtle rust – a serious fungal disease that threatens nativ...

An elderly man has died in a house fire at Foxton Beach. The top level of the two-storey ho...

A hunter has avoided conviction for recklessly using a firearm, because an expert says the fired sho...

The long-time hockey supporters donated 25 sticks, shin guards and balls to the school. The new gear...

Ashhurst residents are fed up with speeding vehicles trying to make up for lost time as the Manawatu...

Driving around Bunnythorpe’s roundabout is the exception. Most people just drive over it.&nbsp...

Another slip will delay the Manawatu Gorge’s re-opening, as commuters are forced to use windy hill...

Being seven months pregnant could not stop one mum from starting Mother’s Day with a morning jog.&...

Driving past a house with black smoke billowing from the chimney, two men didn’t just stop to phon...

manager Mike Grant said they simply could not wait for the scheduled upgrade. â€˜â€˜It is v...

lip-read and sign. She now works for Deaf Aotearoa helping members of Palmerston North’s deaf comm...

Robinson’s efforts at the pool were above average for her age, Daniels said. Swimming is ...

From there, their individual classes undertook specific projects. One year 9 class had to c...

Fans of every kind of cat were drawn to Palmerston North like kitties to cat nip for one of the bigg...

method that had been passed down generations. Sa and her family were the first Karen people...

team’s golden years. In an interview with Fairfax Media in 2016, Rollerson re-lived the m...

Whether it was breast milk or formula, it was a personal choice, she said. But Conroy belie...

working in the store at the time of the latest robbery. â€˜â€˜They took all the cash from t...

without his flaws. He became less social, had alcohol problems and became depressed as he tried to c...

REGION: A stolen ute was used to drive into the front of the BP on Kimbolton Rd in Feilding on Sunda...

As if juggling 10 businesses and five children wasn’t enough of a challenge, a Manawatu woman is a...

A wider road through the Manawatu Gorge comes with a hefty price tag – an unstable rock face and m...

Army engineer Lance-corporal Murray Wardlaw never fired a shot in anger during two overseas conflict...

The air force’s much-maligned NH90 helicopters have been all but grounded ahead of Anzac Day.&...

were the stuff of legend, even from a young age. Childhood friend Stu Smith, in a letter re...

spectrum, from contemporary urban art, to something more conservative.’’ Aplin-thane can help ma...

REGION: Never mind chocolate eggs. Some people prefer to hunt bunnies and pretty-up dead possums in ...

A history buff will follow the footsteps of his three great uncles to the Western Front, 100 years o...

If I did nothing, it would have hit.’’ Drones were a lot sturdier than birds and it cou...

Manawatu’s biggest real estate company and its director have been fined a combined $1.5 million fo...

been avoided. He estimated at least 1000 trees and shrubs had been lost, and as many more w...

house. ‘‘[On Wednesday] night, there were patches of grass that looked like islands. I woke up [...

A severe weather warning is in place over Manawatu, Horowhenua and Whanganui today as the tail end o...

What started as a family holiday basking in the Blenheim sun has turned into a dream theatrical expe...

The popular Superstock Teams Champs pumped millions of dollars into the Manawatu economy this year.&...

There was nothing wrong with Jimmy Barnes laying down his guns for fans in Palmerston North on Thurs...

different aspects of the river and information was sent to a user’s phone, Delahunty said.&nbs...

Taking methamphetamine caused a mental illness that led to serious unprovoked assaults on prison off...

About 1000 cat lovers gathered to admire some 70-odd immaculately groomed pedigree and domestic cats...

It’s been almost 30 years since a professional wrestler from New Zealand has competed in the WWE, ...

Top staff at Palmerston North Hospital are on the chopping block as part of a planned shake-up of ho...

A troublesome bend at Awapuni Racecourse has been sorted out in time for the inaugural Palmerston No...

His photos for the calendar include a group shot in a wool shed and a mocked-up sheep auction with a...

A rise in dairy payouts over the past 12 months hasn’t borne much fruit for vendors at the Central...

REGION: The myth that only older people volunteer in the community has been busted by the Manawatu a...

three-day event in past years and he was expecting a good turnout again this year. â€˜â€˜Th...