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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Lower North Island articles  Lower North Island
    Police are investigating a sudden death in Masterton's Lansdowne, around 2pm
     2 October 2025
    Police are investigating a sudden death in Masterton's Lansdowne, around 2pm
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    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
    Two youths have pleaded not guilty to murder following the death of a 15-year-old in Napier earlier this year
    19 Sep 2025: Two youths have pleaded not guilty to murder following the death of a 15-year-old in Napier earlier this year... more
    Emergency services are attending a two vehicle crash near Dannevirke in the Manawatu
    18 Sep 2025: Emergency services are attending a two vehicle crash near Dannevirke in the Manawatu... more
    Firefighters are battling a house fire near the rural village Tutira near Napier this morning
    18 Sep 2025: Firefighters are battling a house fire near the rural village Tutira near Napier this morning... more
    Police are seeking witnesses to a fatal crash in Newbury near Palmerston North
    15 Sep 2025: Police are seeking witnesses to a fatal crash in Newbury near Palmerston North... 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 ++++++++++
     27 Jan: Thousands of people have reported feeling a magnitude 4.5 earthquake near the capital this afternoon +++++++++
     15 Feb: Residents due to be hit by heavy rain and severe gales are being warned to act now +++++++++
     23 Jan: A high police presence will be visible in Masterton today for a gang-related funeral ++++++++

     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)
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