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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Lower North Island articles  Lower North Island
    Hawkes Bay Police are urging the public to keep their homes and vehicles secure - with a spike in the number of diesel thefts in rural Hastings
     14 December 2025
    Hawkes Bay Police are urging the public to keep their homes and vehicles secure - with a spike in the number of diesel thefts in rural Hastings
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    A Police watchdog report finds officers in Hawke's Bay unlawfully entered a house this year and used unjustified force to arrest a man breaching bail
    11 Dec: A Police watchdog report finds officers in Hawke's Bay unlawfully entered a house this year and used unjustified force to arrest a man breaching bail... more
    Police are maintaining an increased presence in Horowhenua's Foxton Beach after the deaths of two people in a house fire
    10 Dec: Police are maintaining an increased presence in Horowhenua's Foxton Beach after the deaths of two people in a house fire... more
    Fire crews have extinguished a blaze that ripped through home in Manawatu's Foxton Beach this morning, but two people remain unaccounted for
    9 Dec: Fire crews have extinguished a blaze that ripped through home in Manawatu's Foxton Beach this morning, but two people remain unaccounted for... more
    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
    7 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... more
    Kiwi running prodigy Sam Ruthe has comfortably won the national schools 1500 metres title in Hastings
    7 Dec: Kiwi running prodigy Sam Ruthe has comfortably won the national schools 1500 metres title in Hastings... more
    Practising in the event of another large earthquake in Manawatu-Whanganui
    28 Nov: Practising in the event of another large earthquake in Manawatu-Whanganui... more
    Manawatu Police have confirmed the names of the three children who died in a housefire in Sanson last weekend, and their father
    22 Nov: Manawatu Police have confirmed the names of the three children who died in a housefire in Sanson last weekend, and their father... more
    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
    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... more
    A Masterton man's been arrested for attempting to smuggle millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine through the mail
    19 Nov: A Masterton man's been arrested for attempting to smuggle millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine through the mail... more

     Most Popular Recent Lower North Island News
     17 Nov: Police aren't seeking further information from the public after a fatal Manawatu house fire on Saturday, in Sanson +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     18 Nov: Post-mortems are being carried out, following the house fire in Sanson on Saturday ++++++++++++++++++++++
     22 Nov: Manawatu Police have confirmed the names of the three children who died in a housefire in Sanson last weekend, and their father +++++++++++++++++++
     19 Nov: Police are working towards determining how three young children died, following a house fire in Manawatu's Sanson on Saturday ++++++++++++++++++
     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 ++++++++++++++++
     17 Nov: Police are continuing to scour the scene of Saturday afternoon's fatal fire in Manawatu - in which three children and an adult died ++++++++++++++
     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 ++++++++

     Lower North Island NewsLinks
      4 Dec: Magnitude 4.8 earthquake shakes lower north island (Stuff.co.nz)
      23 Oct: The windiest winds: how today stacks up against the records (Stuff.co.nz)
      22 Oct: Helicopters halted as gales create problems for firefighters in lower north island (RadioNZ)
      21 Oct: In pictures: strong winds, heavy rain lashes wellington and south island (RadioNZ)
      21 Oct: Live: man killed by falling tree as storm hits wellington, winds and rain in the south (RadioNZ)
      12 Oct: Wild weather as gusts top 130kph in wellington (Stuff.co.nz)
      3 Oct: Ubhome m10 robot lawn mower review: precise positioning for cheap? maybe (PC World)
      30 Sep: Fast-moving front set to bring cold snap to south island and lower north (Stuff.co.nz)
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