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Taranaki coach Neil Barnes believes his first five-eighths Josh Jacomb is not ready for the All Blacks yet, heading into tonight's NPC quarter-final against Hawke's Bay in Napier

11 October 2025

Taranaki coach Neil Barnes believes his first five-eighths Josh Jacomb is not ready for the All Blacks yet, heading into tonight's NPC quarter-final against Hawke's Bay in Napier

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An eighth person has been arrested over a 15-year-old's stabbing death in Napier in May
	9 Oct: An eighth person has been arrested over a 15-year-old's stabbing death in Napier in May... more

An investigation's begun into the death of a baby girl in Wairarapa last Thursday
	7 Oct: An investigation's begun into the death of a baby girl in Wairarapa last Thursday... more

Reece Walsh has conjured up a Clive Churchill medal for player-of-the-match in the NRL league grand final to break Brisbane's 19-year premiership drought with a 26-22 win over Melbourne
	6 Oct: Reece Walsh has conjured up a Clive Churchill medal for player-of-the-match in the NRL league grand final to break Brisbane's 19-year premiership drought with a 26-22 win over Melbourne... more

Police are investigating a sudden death in Masterton's Lansdowne, around 2pm
	2 Oct: Police are investigating a sudden death in Masterton's Lansdowne, around 2pm... more

A 29-year-old man is due in court after a daylight robbery in Palmerston North
	30 Sep: 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: 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: 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: 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: A change in interim captain for the Silver Ferns second netball test against South Africa tonight at Napier... more

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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 +++++++++

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

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 ++++++++

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 ++++++++

18 Dec: Police are hoping an offender profile will help the public identify the person responsible for a death in Hawke's Bay's Hastings +++++++

Lower North Island NewsLinks

30 Dec: Palmerston north cans new year’s event as 120km/h gales batter lower ni, rain warning for south (NZ Herald)

30 Dec: Palmerson north cans new year’s event as 120km/h gales batter lower ni, rain warning for south (NZ Herald)

29 Dec: Kiwi kai stops: giant eclairs, cream horns and meatballs worth making a pitstop for (Stuff.co.nz)

26 Dec: 'strong' quake shakes lower north island (RadioNZ)

26 Dec: ‘bit of a rattle’: magnitude 4.7 earthquake shakes lower north island awake on boxing day (Stuff.co.nz)

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)

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