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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Lower North Island articles  Lower North Island
    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

     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 +++++++++
     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 +++++++++

     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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    Law and Order:
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    Athletics:
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    Accident and Emergency:
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