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A person's been confirmed dead - after a car plunged off a bank on a notorious stretch of State Highway 2, at Tangoio, north of Eskdale and Napier, just before midday

30 December 2025

A person's been confirmed dead - after a car plunged off a bank on a notorious stretch of State Highway 2, at Tangoio, north of Eskdale and Napier, just before midday

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Wellington allrounder Logan van Beek is raring to get back into action in the Firebirds' opening T20 Super Smash match of the season against the Central Stags in Palmerston North this afternoon
	27 Dec: Wellington allrounder Logan van Beek is raring to get back into action in the Firebirds' opening T20 Super Smash match of the season against the Central Stags in Palmerston North this afternoon... more

Police are responding to a serious water incident north of Napier
	22 Dec: Police are responding to a serious water incident north of Napier... more

Police are hoping an offender profile will help the public identify the person responsible for a death in Hawke's Bay's Hastings
	18 Dec: Police are hoping an offender profile will help the public identify the person responsible for a death in Hawke's Bay's Hastings... more

A person has died in a single vehicle crash south of Flemington in the Hawke's Bay last night
	18 Dec: A person has died in a single vehicle crash south of Flemington in the Hawke's Bay last night... more

A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to five years and four months jail for threatening a mass stabbing attack, distributing objectionable material and indecent communications
	17 Dec: A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to five years and four months jail for threatening a mass stabbing attack, distributing objectionable material and indecent communications... more

Police have named the two people found dead after a house fire in Manawatu last week
	15 Dec: Police have named the two people found dead after a house fire in Manawatu last week... more

Crews on the ground and in the air are fighting to put out a vegetation fire in rural Whanganui
	14 Dec: Crews on the ground and in the air are fighting to put out a vegetation fire in rural Whanganui... more

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 Dec: 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... more

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

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Most Popular Recent Lower North Island News

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 ++++++++++

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 +++++++++

14 Dec: Crews on the ground and in the air are fighting to put out a vegetation fire in rural Whanganui +++++++++

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 ++++++++

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

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

18 Dec: Police are hoping an offender profile will help the public identify the person responsible for a death in Hawke's Bay's Hastings +++++++

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30 Dec: Palmerston north cans new year’s event as 120km/h gales batter lower ni, rain warning for south (NZ Herald)

30 Dec: Palmerson north cans new year’s event as 120km/h gales batter lower ni, rain warning for south (NZ Herald)

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26 Dec: 'strong' quake shakes lower north island (RadioNZ)

26 Dec: ‘bit of a rattle’: magnitude 4.7 earthquake shakes lower north island awake on boxing day (Stuff.co.nz)

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