A blue car followed the girl as she walked along Te Mata Road on Monday afternoon - before the driver parked and ran at her.

She got away - and the man drove off towards the town centre.

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14 Nov: Detectives from Hastings and beyond are looking into the potential homicide of a woman who died in the suburb of Camberley last month

13 Nov: Police investigating the unexplained death of a Hastings woman last month are now treating her death as a homicide

13 Nov: Police aren't ruling out further action - after arresting a man in connection to a building fire in Palmerston North late last month

07 Nov: Two off-license premises in the Central North Island town of Taihape have been caught selling alcohol to underage volunteers

05 Nov: Police say there's critical injuries after a car hit a powerpole on State Highway 2 near Featherston in South Wairarapa

31 Oct: A fire at the old Fitzherbert Tavern in central Palmerston North has been deemed suspicious

31 Oct: A fisherman at Otaki Beach has had to be rescued after two freak waves pushed him into the water

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