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Police have named the two people found dead after a house fire in Manawatu last week

15 December 2025

Police have named the two people found dead after a house fire in Manawatu last week

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Crews on the ground and in the air are fighting to put out a vegetation fire in rural Whanganui
	14 Dec 2025: Crews on the ground and in the air are fighting to put out a vegetation fire in rural Whanganui... more

Hawkes Bay Police are urging the public to keep their homes and vehicles secure - with a spike in the number of diesel thefts in rural Hastings
	14 Dec 2025: Hawkes Bay Police are urging the public to keep their homes and vehicles secure - with a spike in the number of diesel thefts in rural Hastings... more

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
	11 Dec 2025: 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... more

Police are maintaining an increased presence in Horowhenua's Foxton Beach after the deaths of two people in a house fire
	10 Dec 2025: Police are maintaining an increased presence in Horowhenua's Foxton Beach after the deaths of two people in a house fire... more

Fire crews have extinguished a blaze that ripped through home in Manawatu's Foxton Beach this morning, but two people remain unaccounted for
	9 Dec 2025: Fire crews have extinguished a blaze that ripped through home in Manawatu's Foxton Beach this morning, but two people remain unaccounted for... more

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
	7 Dec 2025: 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... more

Kiwi running prodigy Sam Ruthe has comfortably won the national schools 1500 metres title in Hastings
	7 Dec 2025: Kiwi running prodigy Sam Ruthe has comfortably won the national schools 1500 metres title in Hastings... more

Practising in the event of another large earthquake in Manawatu-Whanganui
	28 Nov 2025: Practising in the event of another large earthquake in Manawatu-Whanganui... more

Manawatu Police have confirmed the names of the three children who died in a housefire in Sanson last weekend, and their father
	22 Nov 2025: Manawatu Police have confirmed the names of the three children who died in a housefire in Sanson last weekend, and their father... more

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