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It's believed there's been injuries from a single-vehicle crash on State Highway 1, Taihape, to the north of Spooners Hill

1 March 2026

It's believed there's been injuries from a single-vehicle crash on State Highway 1, Taihape, to the north of Spooners Hill

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A 22 year old Hawke's Bay man has been exposed as the planner of a mass killing and a distributor of child sexual exploitation material
	28 Feb: A 22 year old Hawke's Bay man has been exposed as the planner of a mass killing and a distributor of child sexual exploitation material... more

Police are scaling back their search for a man missing in Palmerston North's Manawatu River
	27 Feb: Police are scaling back their search for a man missing in Palmerston North's Manawatu River... more

Eight people have been taken to hospital after a crash in central Hawke's Bay this morning
	26 Feb: Eight people have been taken to hospital after a crash in central Hawke's Bay this morning... more

Police have arrested a second person over a Flaxmere man's alleged murder in February last year
	24 Feb: Police have arrested a second person over a Flaxmere man's alleged murder in February last year... more

American golfer Austen Truslow beats 17-year-old Christchurch amateur Cooper Moore by three shots to claim NZ PGA Championship
	23 Feb: American golfer Austen Truslow has beaten 17-year-old Christchurch amateur Cooper Moore by three shots to claim the New Zealand PGA Championship at Paraparaumu... more

Fundraising's underway for a potentially lifesaving surgical robot in the Manawatu
	22 Feb: Fundraising's underway for a potentially lifesaving surgical robot in the Manawatu... more

Three people were taken to hospital after a chemical incident in Levin last night
	20 Feb: Three people were taken to hospital after a chemical incident in Levin last night... more

Police are appealing for information, as they investigate the death of a five-year-old boy who was found dead in the water in Napier
	20 Feb: Police are appealing for information, as they investigate the death of a five-year-old boy who was found dead in the water in Napier... more

St John is assessing 19 patients after a chemical incident in Horowhenua's Levin this evening
	19 Feb: St John is assessing 19 patients after a chemical incident in Horowhenua's Levin this evening... more

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Most Popular Recent Lower North Island News

11 Feb: Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others +++++++++++++++++++

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 ++++++++++++++

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 ++++++++++++

04 Feb: Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed a fatal assault outside a Napier nightclub, to come forward +++++++++++

08 Feb: Residents in Hawke's Bay's Kai-rakau have entered a second consecutive month of level 4 water restrictions +++++++++++

03 Feb: Police have launched an investigation after a body was found at a work site in Omahu near Hastings ++++++++++

15 Feb: Residents due to be hit by heavy rain and severe gales are being warned to act now ++++++++++

Lower North Island NewsLinks

27 Feb: Enjoy the last gasp of summer - the temperature’s about to plunge (Stuff.co.nz)

20 Feb: Confusion over who is meant to deal with ongoing power cuts (RadioNZ)

18 Feb: Wellington and lower north island still without power days after weather bomb (RadioNZ)

17 Feb: Live weather: river breaches banks, floods close highways in canterbury (RadioNZ)

17 Feb: Live weather: floods close roads around banks peninsula as downpour moves south (RadioNZ)

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)

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