News | Lower North Island
26 Feb 2026 16:10
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Lower North Island articles  Lower North Island
    Taranaki coach Neil Barnes believes his first five-eighths Josh Jacomb is not ready for the All Blacks yet, heading into tonight's NPC quarter-final against Hawke's Bay in Napier
     11 October 2025
    Taranaki coach Neil Barnes believes his first five-eighths Josh Jacomb is not ready for the All Blacks yet, heading into tonight's NPC quarter-final against Hawke's Bay in Napier
    >> Read Article 
    >> Rugby News 

    An eighth person has been arrested over a 15-year-old's stabbing death in Napier in May
    9 Oct 2025: An eighth person has been arrested over a 15-year-old's stabbing death in Napier in May... more
    An investigation's begun into the death of a baby girl in Wairarapa last Thursday
    7 Oct 2025: An investigation's begun into the death of a baby girl in Wairarapa last Thursday... more
    Reece Walsh has conjured up a Clive Churchill medal for player-of-the-match in the NRL league grand final to break Brisbane's 19-year premiership drought with a 26-22 win over Melbourne
    6 Oct 2025: Reece Walsh has conjured up a Clive Churchill medal for player-of-the-match in the NRL league grand final to break Brisbane's 19-year premiership drought with a 26-22 win over Melbourne... more
    Police are investigating a sudden death in Masterton's Lansdowne, around 2pm
    2 Oct 2025: Police are investigating a sudden death in Masterton's Lansdowne, around 2pm... more
    A 29-year-old man is due in court after a daylight robbery in Palmerston North
    30 Sep 2025: A 29-year-old man is due in court after a daylight robbery in Palmerston North... more
    A person's died following a housefire in Hastings
    29 Sep 2025: A person's died following a housefire in Hastings... more
    Another youth is facing charges following the death of a 15-year-old in Napier earlier this year
    26 Sep 2025: Another youth is facing charges following the death of a 15-year-old in Napier earlier this year... more
    The Silver Ferns have won netball's Taini Jamison Trophy, beating South Africa 70-58 in the second match of the three-test series at Napier to take an unassailable 2-nil lead
    25 Sep 2025: The Silver Ferns have won netball's Taini Jamison Trophy, beating South Africa 70-58 in the second match of the three-test series at Napier to take an unassailable 2-nil lead... more
    A change in interim captain for the Silver Ferns second netball test against South Africa tonight at Napier
    24 Sep 2025: A change in interim captain for the Silver Ferns second netball test against South Africa tonight at Napier... more

     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 +++++++++++++
     04 Feb: Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed a fatal assault outside a Napier nightclub, to come forward +++++++++++
     03 Feb: Police have launched an investigation after a body was found at a work site in Omahu near Hastings ++++++++++
     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 ++++++++++
     15 Feb: Residents due to be hit by heavy rain and severe gales are being warned to act now ++++++++++
     08 Feb: Residents in Hawke's Bay's Kai-rakau have entered a second consecutive month of level 4 water restrictions ++++++++++

     Lower North Island NewsLinks
      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)
      16 Feb: Wind gusts measuring up to 240km/h recorded on lower north island's east coast (RadioNZ)
    more Lower North Island newslinks >>
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Portia Woodman-Wickliffe has called it quits from rugby for a second time More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Hearing reveals panic at offshore Optus call centre as Triple Zero crisis unfolded More...


     Today's News

    Entertainment:
    Lizzie McGuire star Robert Carradine has died aged 71 15:51

    Business:
    Hearing reveals panic at offshore Optus call centre as Triple Zero crisis unfolded 15:47

    Rugby:
    Portia Woodman-Wickliffe has called it quits from rugby for a second time 15:37

    Entertainment:
    Kelly Osbourne has slammed "disgusting" body shamers, after a troll likened her look to "a dead body" 15:21

    Hockey:
    US women's ice hockey captain Hilary Knight disappointed by men's team's call with Donald Trump 15:07

    Motoring:
    Scott McLaughlin is confident he can put last year's poor IndyCar results in the rear-view mirror 14:57

    Entertainment:
    Bella Hadid was made to feel "disposable" during her battle with Lyme disease 14:51

    Entertainment:
    Police found "no evidence" the suspect visited Nancy Guthrie's home before the day of her disappearance 14:21

    Technology:
    Bill Gates apologises to staff over Epstein ties 14:17

    National:
    Baftas racial slur controversy: what should the BBC have done? 14:17

     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2026 New Zealand City Ltd