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Multiple cars have gone up in flames in a Palmerston North scrap yard early this morning

20 June 2025

Multiple cars have gone up in flames in a Palmerston North scrap yard early this morning

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An Air New Zealand plane has landed safely in Napier after getting a maintenance alert mid-air
	20 Jun: An Air New Zealand plane has landed safely in Napier after getting a maintenance alert mid-air... more

A woman has been charged in relation to a Napier teen's death last month - the second person accused of interfering with the homicide investigation
	19 Jun: A woman has been charged in relation to a Napier teen's death last month - the second person accused of interfering with the homicide investigation... more

A Napier man in his 20s has plead guilty to owning and distributing online sexual abuse material involving children as young as 21-months old
	18 Jun: A Napier man in his 20s has plead guilty to owning and distributing online sexual abuse material involving children as young as 21-months old... more

The Otaki reservoir is now completed, giving the Kapiti Coast a new source of water
	17 Jun: The Otaki reservoir is now completed, giving the Kapiti Coast a new source of water... more

A sharp jolt's been felt in Hawke's Bay with a light 3.8 magnitude earthquake shaking the region
	16 Jun: A sharp jolt's been felt in Hawke's Bay with a light 3.8 magnitude earthquake shaking the region... more

A coroner's report suggests the death of a 20 month old in Manawatu, was an accident
	12 Jun: A coroner's report suggests the death of a 20 month old in Manawatu, was an accident... more

The parents of a teen killed in Napier are still seeking justice as no one's been charged a month on
	10 Jun: The parents of a teen killed in Napier are still seeking justice as no one's been charged a month on... more

Multiple cars involved in last week's "Levin invasion" boy racer meet have popped up for sale online
	6 Jun: Multiple cars involved in last week's "Levin invasion" boy racer meet have popped up for sale online... more

More court appearances today, over Friday night's large violent boy-racer gatherings in Levin and Palmerston North
	3 Jun: More court appearances today, over Friday night's large violent boy-racer gatherings in Levin and Palmerston North... more

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Most Popular Recent Lower North Island News

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 +++++++++++++++++

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 +++++++++

19 Nov: A Masterton man's been arrested for attempting to smuggle millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine through the mail ++++++++

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 ++++++++

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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