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A major police presence in the Palmerston North suburb of Highbury - as an incident unfolds

11 February 2025

Locals on social media say at least four streets are blocked off - but it's not clear what triggered the operation.

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Other Lower North Island News

10 Dec: Police are maintaining an increased presence in Horowhenua's Foxton Beach after the deaths of two people in a house fire

09 Dec: Fire crews have extinguished a blaze that ripped through home in Manawatu's Foxton Beach this morning, but two people remain unaccounted for

07 Dec: Black Caps spinner Ajaz Patel has just surpassed 400 first-class wickets while playing for the Central Stags in their four-day Plunket Shield match against Canterbury in Napier

07 Dec: Kiwi running prodigy Sam Ruthe has comfortably won the national schools 1500 metres title in Hastings

28 Nov: Practising in the event of another large earthquake in Manawatu-Whanganui

22 Nov: Manawatu Police have confirmed the names of the three children who died in a housefire in Sanson last weekend, and their father

20 Nov: New Zealand have clinched the three-match one-day international cricket series over the West Indies 2-nil with a game to spare, after securing a five-wicket victory in the second fixture at Napier

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