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State Highway 56 in Manawatu-Whanganui is closed at Tiakitahuna - after a crash at about 7:30 this evening

14 July 2025

State Highway 56 in Manawatu-Whanganui is closed at Tiakitahuna - after a crash at about 7:30 this evening

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Napier's 'Design Spun', spinning mill is closing, as well as its dye house - with 26 jobs going
	10 Jul: Napier's 'Design Spun', spinning mill is closing, as well as its dye house - with 26 jobs going... more

Five military-style semi-automatic weapons have been found stored in children's bedrooms - in a Napier home
	8 Jul: Five military-style semi-automatic weapons have been found stored in children's bedrooms - in a Napier home... more

A homicide investigation is underway following the death of a baby found with critical injuries at a Foxton Beach House
	6 Jul: A homicide investigation is underway following the death of a baby found with critical injuries at a Foxton Beach House... more

A new 12.7 million dollar investment in two new CT scanners, is expected to improve diagnostic services across Palmerston North
	5 Jul: A new 12.7 million dollar investment in two new CT scanners, is expected to improve diagnostic services across Palmerston North... more

A pedestrian's died after being hit by a car near the Manawatu town of Feilding
	4 Jul: A pedestrian's died after being hit by a car near the Manawatu town of Feilding... more

Police have charged 12 more people - over a large dangerous boy racer meet in Levin, over King's Birthday weekend
	2 Jul: Police have charged 12 more people - over a large dangerous boy racer meet in Levin, over King's Birthday weekend... more

A scene guard's at a Foxton Beach home where a six-month-old baby was found critically injured on Sunday morning
	1 Jul: A scene guard's at a Foxton Beach home where a six-month-old baby was found critically injured on Sunday morning... more

A person has died in a serious single vehicle crash in Central Hawkes Bay's Waipukurau
	29 Jun: A person has died in a serious single vehicle crash in Central Hawkes Bay's Waipukurau... more

A 27-year-old woman's charged with unlawfully taking a motor vehicle after allegedly stealing a courier van on Napier's Station Street this morning
	27 Jun: A 27-year-old woman's charged with unlawfully taking a motor vehicle after allegedly stealing a courier van on Napier's Station Street this morning... more

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