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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

9 February 2026

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

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One person's died after a single-vehicle in Manawatu last night
	9 Feb: One person's died after a single-vehicle in Manawatu last night... more

Residents in Hawke's Bay's Kai-rakau have entered a second consecutive month of level 4 water restrictions
	8 Feb: Residents in Hawke's Bay's Kai-rakau have entered a second consecutive month of level 4 water restrictions... more

Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed a fatal assault outside a Napier nightclub, to come forward
	4 Feb: Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed a fatal assault outside a Napier nightclub, to come forward... more

Police have launched an investigation after a body was found at a work site in Omahu near Hastings
	3 Feb: Police have launched an investigation after a body was found at a work site in Omahu near Hastings... more

Communities around Hawke's Bay are commemorating 95 years since the 1931 earthquake
	3 Feb: Communities around Hawke's Bay are commemorating 95 years since the 1931 earthquake... more

Napier Police have stood cordons down on Nuffield Avenue in Marewa, after a person was allegedly seen with a gun
	2 Feb: Napier Police have stood cordons down on Nuffield Avenue in Marewa, after a person was allegedly seen with a gun... more

Humidity in Auckland has hit 93 percent - and MetService says temperatures in the Super City are not expected to drop much lower than 29 degrees as the day goes on
	2 Feb: Humidity in Auckland has hit 93 percent - and MetService says temperatures in the Super City are not expected to drop much lower than 29 degrees as the day goes on... more

A man's in a critical condition in Hawke's Bay Hospital after he was assaulted outside a night club in Napier early this morning
	1 Feb: A man's in a critical condition in Hawke's Bay Hospital after he was assaulted outside a night club in Napier early this morning... more

A notorious mass murderer has been denied parole for the 17th time
	29 Jan: A notorious mass murderer has been denied parole for the 17th time... more

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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 +++++++++

02 Feb: Napier Police have stood cordons down on Nuffield Avenue in Marewa, after a person was allegedly seen with a gun ++++++++

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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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