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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Lower North Island articles  Lower North Island
    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

     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 ++++++++++++++
     13 Nov: Police aren't ruling out further action - after arresting a man in connection to a building fire in Palmerston North late last month ++++++++++++

     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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