Manawatū
Manawatū police issue warning after three deaths in two days
Manawatū Police are urging motorists to take care on the roads, after three people died as a result of crashes in the region since the start of the long weekend.
Prisoner alleged to have murdered cellmate deemed unfit to stand trial
A man charged with murdering his cellmate at Manawatū Prison near Palmerston North has been found unfit to stand trial.
'Saved my life': Man facing charges over Levin police stand-off thanks prison staff
The man at the centre of a 30-hour siege with armed police in Levin has thanked prison staff for saving his life in the aftermath.
Radiologist warns unreliable IT systems interfering with ability to diagnose
A radiologist says IT systems vital to accurate scanning for patients are shutting down several times a day in at least one central region hospital.
'We were her bodyguards' - NZ's first beefeater remembers the queen
For 16 years from 1992 Feilding man Patrick Nolan was one of the Queen's bodyguards - the traditional kind, living in the Tower of London. Audio
Feilding residents to pay up for new $18m stormwater system
Residents of Manawatū town Feilding may have to stump up $18 million in rates for a new stormwater system.
Manawatū traffic gives way to horses as equestrian community delivers petition
Cars have briefly given way to horses in the Manawatū town of Feilding as riders clipped and clopped through the CBD with a call to remember them.
Regional council allows public input on proposed waste-to-energy plant
A regional council has decided to allow public input into a proposed waste-to-energy plant's resource consent application in the Manawatū town of Feilding.
Search continues for mother and child missing in river
A 29-year-old woman and an 11-year-old child are still missing in the Manawatū River in Palmerston North.