Manawatu Standard - Thursday 20th of September 2018

Thursday - 20th September, 2018
Massey ‘scheming’ shocks
Don Brash has questioned whether Massey University vicechancellor Jan Thomas should stay in the job ...
Page 1
Wednesday - 19th September, 2018
Tearing up the street
A quiet city cul de sac is turning into a headache for developers as boy racers tear up the road and...
Page 1
Tuesday - 18th September, 2018
Luke third
Senior Constable Shane Durston and Luke came third at the National Police Patrol and Detector Dog Ch...
Page 1
Monday - 17th September, 2018
Woolshed safety in spotlight
It’s not compulsory yet, but moves are afoot to encourage farmers to make sure their woolsheds are...
Page 1
Saturday - 15th September, 2018
From crippling pain to bodybuilding stage
Each of the trio never set out to be bodybuilders. Jenni Bird just wanted freedom from the ...
Page 1
Friday - 14th September, 2018
Mission to rescue the best
Wesley Methodist Church on Broadway Ave is preparing to demolish Palmerston North’s old St Paul’...
Page 1
Thursday - 13th September, 2018
Woman marking 105th birthday
Drinking water and being a happy child are two things Palmerston North woman Aileen Kars credits for...
Page 1
Wednesday - 12th September, 2018
New steps open to public
Palmerston North’s hillside staircases above the Manawatu¯ River are finally publicly own...
Page 1
Tuesday - 11th September, 2018
Immersed in te reo
Te reo is a way of life at Palmerston North school Mana Tamariki. It is Ma¯ ori La...
Page 1
Monday - 10th September, 2018
Kia Kaha te Reo Maori
Today marks the beginning of Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori, or Maori Language Week, and the Manawatu Standa...
Page 1
Saturday - 8th September, 2018
School goes egg-free for pupil
Manawatu¯ ’s Hiwinui School is all about being inclusive, so much so principal Brenda Lei...
Page 1
Friday - 7th September, 2018
Fees free
Rangit¯ıkei College principal Tony Booker, centre, from next year won’t be asking for fe...
Page 1
Thursday - 6th September, 2018
Hurricanes return
The Hurricanes will return to Palmerston North to celebrate a special anniversary. The Cane...
Page 1
Wednesday - 5th September, 2018
School out of space
An enrolment zone is expected to help Tokomaru School deal with a booming roll. The Manawat...
Page 1
Tuesday - 4th September, 2018
Up in flames
Two people have been taken to hospital after a cooking fire got out of control, causing extensive da...
Page 1
Monday - 3rd September, 2018
Festival lacks Ma¯ori writers
The Ma¯ori portion of the Manawatu¯ Writers’ Festival has collapsed on the eve o...
Page 1
Saturday - 1st September, 2018
Teaching ‘a lifestyle, not a job’
A love of working with children keeps Manawatu¯ teacher Siobhan Dore going, day in day out,...
Page 1
Friday - 31st August, 2018
Tightrope between life and debt ‘‘I don’t want to leave my family in a terrible position, but all they want is me to be alive.’’ Wiki Mulholland
Wiki Mulholland has the toughest of balancing acts – between staying alive and draining her family...
Page 1
Thursday - 30th August, 2018
1981 stoush was ‘worth it’
Jobless and unpaid, the largely female workforce of the closed Rixen clothing factory in Levin refus...
Page 1
Wednesday - 29th August, 2018
Closure sparks fond memories
Feilding’s Ruawai Rest Home, which is soon to close, holds a special place in founder Frances Legg...
Page 1
Tuesday - 28th August, 2018
Beach access cut off
Diggers are working to restore vehicle access to a popular Manawatu¯ beach after a stream c...
Page 1
Monday - 27th August, 2018
Pakistanis party up
Palmerston North’s Pakistan community used dancing, colour and clapping hands to celebrate the big...
Page 1
Saturday - 25th August, 2018
Beach land vanishes
A couple whose beach-front property is crumbling into the sea are desperate for someone to take resp...
Page 1
Friday - 24th August, 2018
Rapist strikes twice
As she lay in bed, a 71-year-old woman thought a semblance of normality was returning to her life.&a...
Page 1
Thursday - 23rd August, 2018
Peace group plans noise
A peace group is planning to protest a defence forum coming to Palmerston North, saying the ‘‘we...
Page 1
Wednesday - 22nd August, 2018
Van driver didn’t see pond
A man who drove his van straight into a pond at Massey University did not see it until it was too la...
Page 1
Tuesday - 21st August, 2018
New Linton boss
The new commander of Linton Military Camp is an army veteran who has served tours of duty to Afghani...
Page 1
Monday - 20th August, 2018
Steven Adams holds court
NBA star Steven Adams hopes the first basketball court bearing his name will inspire the next genera...
Page 1
Saturday - 18th August, 2018
Delta helps ease pain for Kiwi soldier
Soldier Dion Taka was shot in Afghanistan and the trauma since has included relentless, horrible nig...
Page 1
Friday - 17th August, 2018
Walking while she still can
Walking no longer comes easy for Dara Morrah. She’s wobbly on her feet. But she’d rather do it t...
Page 1
Thursday - 16th August, 2018
Teachers want change
Primary and intermediate school teachers who have been around long enough to remember the last time ...
Page 1
Wednesday - 15th August, 2018
Turbos’ homework tips
Roslyn School children found inspiration in an up-close chat with Manawatu¯ Turbos players ...
Page 1
Tuesday - 14th August, 2018
‘Textbook’ crash landing
A World War Ii-era aircraft made a ‘‘textbook’’ crash landing in a paddock short of the O&am...
Page 1
Monday - 13th August, 2018
Derelict and ‘disgusting’
It only takes one rotten house to spoil the whole street, as a neighbourhood in the Rangitı&#17...
Page 1
Saturday - 11th August, 2018
Friday - 10th August, 2018
Thursday - 9th August, 2018
Wednesday - 8th August, 2018
Lighting the fuse
Massey University’s move to stop former politician Don Brash from speaking at the Manawatu&#17...
Page 1
Tuesday - 7th August, 2018
Monday - 6th August, 2018
Quiet life shattered
Levin dairy owner Raj Pillai came to New Zealand for a quiet life, but that existence has been rudel...
Page 1
Saturday - 4th August, 2018
Mud, sweat and smiles
It was a day of mud, sweat and smiles as almost 1500 kids tackled the Junior Tough Guy and Gal Chall...
Page 1
Friday - 3rd August, 2018
Thursday - 2nd August, 2018
Wednesday - 1st August, 2018
Tuesday - 31st July, 2018
Monday - 30th July, 2018
Saturday - 28th July, 2018
Friday - 27th July, 2018
Hard-fought win for injured team-mate
The Feilding High School third XV ruby team marked their first outing since a serious injury to thei...
Page 1
Thursday - 26th July, 2018
Wednesday - 25th July, 2018
‘Vague’ plans worry tenant
A Palmerston North Housing New Zealand tenant is worried she’ll lose her home after months of vagu...
Page 1
Tuesday - 24th July, 2018
Monday - 23rd July, 2018
Saturday - 21st July, 2018
Friday - 20th July, 2018
Thursday - 19th July, 2018
Wednesday - 18th July, 2018
Bereaved insulted by snub
Manawatu¯ people bereaved by suicide or living with mental health trauma are insulted they ...
Page 1
Tuesday - 17th July, 2018
Notorious crash zone upgraded
A notorious patch of highway where nearby workers have witnessed smash after smash will finally get ...
Page 1
Monday - 16th July, 2018
Strawberry fields forever
A Palmerston North horticultural scientist’s life-long passion for strawberries has finally borne ...
Page 1
Saturday - 14th July, 2018
Town cut off from beach
Tempers are fraying in a fishing-mad seaside settlement cut off from the beach for five months, and ...
Page 1
Friday - 13th July, 2018
Staffing crux of strike
Nurses say Palmerston North Hospital was safer while they went on strike – an indictment on how it...
Page 1
Thursday - 12th July, 2018
God comes before the game
Teenager Mosiah Macdonald expected to be at the national basketball championships in Wellington with...
Page 1
Wednesday - 11th July, 2018
Picnic time for teddy bears
If you headed down to Te Manawa yesterday, you sure got a big surprise. A teddy bears’ picnic was ...
Page 1
Tuesday - 10th July, 2018
Triumph and tragedy
In a life brimming with adventure, Jim and Fay Sewell have known both triumph and tragedy. The Feild...
Page 1
Monday - 9th July, 2018
Search gets under way for Manawatu¯’s oldest bible
A Feilding church is on the hunt for the oldest bible in Manawatu¯ . The earliest it’s fo...
Page 1
Saturday - 7th July, 2018
Window washer’s offer to van victim
After 45 years as a daredevil window washer, a veteran of the trade is coming to the assistance of a...
Page 1
Friday - 6th July, 2018
Little blue penguin released back into the wild
A little blue penguin found entangled in a fishing net at Waita¯rere Beach has battled thro...
Page 1
Thursday - 5th July, 2018
Spirited grandmother ticks off her bucket-list dreams
A Palmerston North grandmother has decided to spend her final days laughing in the face of death, an...
Page 1
Wednesday - 4th July, 2018
Reviving a dead hospitality spot
A veteran of the Palmerston North hospitality scene is the latest to attempt to revive a wellknown c...
Page 1
Tuesday - 3rd July, 2018
Monday - 2nd July, 2018
Saturday - 30th June, 2018
Funds needed for wild idea
Lizards, birds, fish and eels are multiplying at a Foxton wildlife centre, but hundreds of thousands...
Page 1
Thursday - 28th June, 2018
Wednesday - 27th June, 2018
Tuesday - 26th June, 2018
Monday - 25th June, 2018
Special day for planting
A mission to create corridors of native plants from the Tararua Range to the Manawatu¯ Rive...
Page 1
Saturday - 23rd June, 2018
Boerboom won’t blow fulltime on refereeing career
A longtime rugby referee is not blowing fulltime despite a grim cancer diagnosis. Foxton ma...
Page 1
Friday - 22nd June, 2018
Hemopo’s elevation dream come true
Among the congratulatory messages for new All Black Jackson Hemopo this week was a slight scolding f...
Page 1
Thursday - 21st June, 2018
NZ Post to deliver ‘disaster’
Fears are mounting that NZ Post’s relocation of Palmerston North post office boxes from Church St ...
Page 1
Wednesday - 20th June, 2018
Delays hold up reopening
The transformation of a narrow country lane on the outskirts of Palmerston North into a significant ...
Page 1
Tuesday - 19th June, 2018
‘Wools’ run out of town
Dwindling crowds have forced the Running of the Wools out of Feilding. The Manawatu&#17...
Page 1
Monday - 18th June, 2018
Everybody was karate fighting
Hundreds of martial artists squared off on the mats to compete with expert timing and moves as fast ...
Page 1
Saturday - 16th June, 2018
Residents left in the dark
Landowners in limbo say the ‘‘reevaluation’’ of a planned expressway north of O¯ ta...
Page 1
Friday - 15th June, 2018
Kapa haka captivates
Jatin Lal, centre, and his Ross Intermediate School classmates perform at Te Pae Tamariki at Regent ...
Page 1
Thursday - 14th June, 2018
NZTA rethinks Otaki to Levin road
The future of a proposed expressway between O¯ taki and Levin, north of Wellington, appears...
Page 1
Wednesday - 13th June, 2018
‘Low risk’ woman’s suspected suicide
A woman found dead in a suspected suicide was cleared of being at risk by mental health services onl...
Page 1
Tuesday - 12th June, 2018
Fierce fire engulfs home
A fire at a central Palmerston North flat was bursting out the windows by the time fire crews arrive...
Page 1
Monday - 11th June, 2018
Greyhounds make perfect pets
While you may think owning a greyhound is like living with a bundle of energy that runs like the win...
Page 1
Saturday - 9th June, 2018
Council does about-face on rates review
Palmerston North’s rating system and fixed charges will be reviewed to see if there is a fairer wa...
Page 1
Friday - 8th June, 2018
Packaging plan not plain sailing
Palmerston North shop owners say the move away from branded cigarettes to packaging that only shows ...
Page 1
Thursday - 7th June, 2018
Hugs make the heart sing
A weekly outing for preschoolers has turned into the highlight of a rest home’s schedule, with you...
Page 1
Wednesday - 6th June, 2018
Pride of poultry patrons on show
Bird owners from across the country will be looking to take pride of place among the poultry patrons...
Page 1
Tuesday - 5th June, 2018
Toddler’s brave fight for life
When you ask Malaika Rosoman how she got the scar on her chest, she tells you doctors scratched her ...
Page 1
Monday - 4th June, 2018
Rugby historian honoured
Ever since he was a boy, Manawatu¯ ’s Clive Akers has been fascinated by the historical s...
Page 1
Saturday - 2nd June, 2018
‘Ninety seconds doesn’t make a bad boy’
A 15-year-old who died in a police chase near Palmerston North was a cheeky young boy with a natural...
Page 1
Friday - 1st June, 2018
‘Good kid, bad choice’
A woman who spent years helping to raise a teenager who was killed in a Palmerston North car crash h...
Page 1
Thursday - 31st May, 2018
Smokefree shop may backtrack
It’s not easy being smokefree, and the owner of a tobacco-free dairy in Palmerston North says it w...
Page 1

Global Newspapers

New Zealand - Manawatu Standard