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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Lower North Island articles  Lower North Island
    Residents due to be hit by heavy rain and severe gales are being warned to act now
     15 February 2026
    Residents due to be hit by heavy rain and severe gales are being warned to act now
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    The Warriors are adamant their 33-18 pre-season loss to Manly in Napier won't have any bearing on their NRL prospects
    15 Feb: The Warriors are adamant their 33-18 pre-season loss to Manly in Napier won't have any bearing on their NRL prospects... more
    Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others
    11 Feb: Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others... more
    Police are asking for any footage related to a stabbing in Hastings about 3.30am on Saturday
    11 Feb: Police are asking for any footage related to a stabbing in Hastings about 3.30am on Saturday... more
    One person is being flown to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition - after a house fire on a hillside between Eskdale and Bay View in Hawke's Bay
    10 Feb: One person is being flown to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition - after a house fire on a hillside between Eskdale and Bay View in Hawke's Bay... more
    Police are treating the discovery of a 64-year-old woman's body at a worksite on Taihape Road 0 in Omahu - near Hastings last week, as a homicide
    9 Feb: Police are treating the discovery of a 64-year-old woman's body at a worksite on Taihape Road 0 in Omahu - near Hastings last week, as a homicide... more
    One person's died after a single-vehicle in Manawatu last night
    9 Feb: One person's died after a single-vehicle in Manawatu last night... more
    Residents in Hawke's Bay's Kai-rakau have entered a second consecutive month of level 4 water restrictions
    8 Feb: Residents in Hawke's Bay's Kai-rakau have entered a second consecutive month of level 4 water restrictions... more
    Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed a fatal assault outside a Napier nightclub, to come forward
    4 Feb: Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed a fatal assault outside a Napier nightclub, to come forward... more
    Police have launched an investigation after a body was found at a work site in Omahu near Hastings
    3 Feb: Police have launched an investigation after a body was found at a work site in Omahu near Hastings... more

     Most Popular Recent Lower North Island News
     09 Feb: Police are treating the discovery of a 64-year-old woman's body at a worksite on Taihape Road 0 in Omahu - near Hastings last week, as a homicide +++++++++++
     04 Feb: Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed a fatal assault outside a Napier nightclub, to come forward ++++++++++
     03 Feb: Police have launched an investigation after a body was found at a work site in Omahu near Hastings ++++++++++
     11 Feb: Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others +++++++++
     27 Jan: Thousands of people have reported feeling a magnitude 4.5 earthquake near the capital this afternoon +++++++++
     23 Jan: A high police presence will be visible in Masterton today for a gang-related funeral ++++++++
     02 Feb: Napier Police have stood cordons down on Nuffield Avenue in Marewa, after a person was allegedly seen with a gun ++++++++

     Lower North Island NewsLinks
      16 Feb: Lower north island communities cut off by ‘unprecedented’ flooding (Stuff.co.nz)
      16 Feb: ‘we just couldn’t cope’: residents dig out drains after lower hutt suburb submerged by flooding (Stuff.co.nz)
      16 Feb: Winds gust to 240km/h on lower north island's east coast (RadioNZ)
      16 Feb: Wind gusts measuring up to 240km/h recorded on lower north island's east coast (RadioNZ)
      16 Feb: Power outages: what to do - and what not to do - when the electricity goes out (RadioNZ)
      16 Feb: Live weather: evacuations, power cuts, roads closed as severe gales, rain batter lower north island (RadioNZ)
      13 Feb: Key lower north island bridge down to one lane (Stuff.co.nz)
      4 Feb: Shallow 4.4 earthquake rattles lower north island (RadioNZ)
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