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 Sep: Emergency services have closed Hansens Line, in Palmerston North, due to a serious crash

13 Sep: The Hawke's Bay men's NPC rugby team can now claim to be "the Bay"

13 Sep: The Bay of Plenty Volcanix have won their local derby in the women's Farah Palmer Cup, thrashing the visiting Hawke's Bay Tui 62-17

12 Sep: Another two youths have been charged with murder after the death of a 15-year-old in Napier earlier this year

12 Sep: The Coroner will investigate a woman's death in Paraparaumu, after police said they were no longer treating it as suspicious

11 Sep: Emergency services are attending a two-vehicle crash just north of Palmerston North, and say there are reports of serious injuries

10 Sep: An investigation's been launched after the death of a woman in Paraparaumu, north of Wellington, last night

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