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A woman has been charged with threats of harm to people or property - after schools and Hastings hospital went into lockdown last Wednesday

30 July 2025

A woman has been charged with threats of harm to people or property - after schools and Hastings hospital went into lockdown last Wednesday

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A lockdown's lifted at Hawke's Bay Hospital - with reports of a man seen in handcuffs
	23 Jul: A lockdown's lifted at Hawke's Bay Hospital - with reports of a man seen in handcuffs... more

Hawke's Bay Hospital has locked down - with armed police surrounding the building
	23 Jul: Hawke's Bay Hospital has locked down - with armed police surrounding the building... more

More than 60 calves have been stolen from a roadside paddock on State Highway 2 near Dannevirke in Manawatu
	23 Jul: More than 60 calves have been stolen from a roadside paddock on State Highway 2 near Dannevirke in Manawatu... more

A motorcyclist's died in a crash with a car on State Highway 1 at Manakau, between Otaki and Levin - in the lower North Island
	22 Jul: A motorcyclist's died in a crash with a car on State Highway 1 at Manakau, between Otaki and Levin - in the lower North Island... more

A Hastings woman's been sentenced to more than four years in prison, for hitting and killing a girl cycling to a dairy in January
	18 Jul: A Hastings woman's been sentenced to more than four years in prison, for hitting and killing a girl cycling to a dairy in January... more

Police are investigating after a cannabis cake was taken to a shared lunch at Hawke's Bay Hospital
	15 Jul: Police are investigating after a cannabis cake was taken to a shared lunch at Hawke's Bay Hospital... more

One person has died in a crash south of Palmerston North
	15 Jul: One person has died in a crash south of Palmerston North... more

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

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

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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 +++++++++

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 ++++++++

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

28 Nov: Practising in the event of another large earthquake in Manawatu-Whanganui ++++++++

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 ++++++++

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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