Stories by Jimmy Ellingham

A man who abducted a five-year-old girl off the street in Palmerston North and indecently assaulted her in 2016 has yet to begin psychological treatment in prison.

A former nurse at the Palmerston North Hospital mental health ward says the working environment was chaotic, and it did not improve in the years after two patients died there in 2014.

The queue to get into a popular Palmerston North secondhand book sale formed before dawn.

Unlike some of their Levin neighbours, the Fonoti family can stay in their house despite the tornado damage.

New Plymouth mayor Neil Holdom is calling for an independent review into the way roads are funded in New Zealand, saying something must be done before the network gets worse.

A nurse caring for a patient who died in a suspected suicide did not check on him for an hour before he was found unresponsive.

The inquest into the suspected suicide of a Palmerston North Hospital mental health ward patient eight years ago has begun, with the coroner acknowledging the delay in the matter reaching a hearing.

The inquest into the suspected suicide of a Palmerston North Hospital mental health ward patient more than eight years ago is starting today.

Waka Kotahi has confirmed that the old road which closed five years ago will not be reopened.

Residents of a northern Auckland street are up in arms about a Kāinga Ora development they fear could change the character of their neighbourhood.

Amateur theatre groups are treading the boards again after two years of financial heartbreak and cancelled shows.

Delays in almost 150,000 court appearances have extended victims' anxiety and forced those involved to put their lives on hold awaiting justice.

The death of a Palmerston North Hospital patient, whose body was found metres from the building six days after he disappeared, has been ruled a suicide.

Horowhenua District Council is reviewing security at its council chambers in Levin after its interim chief executive was allegedly assaulted in the building.

Residents of the central North Island town of Ohakune are optimistic a booming winter is on the way after two years of Covid-19 uncertainty.

The chief ombudsman says the mental health ward at Palmerston North Hospital is one of the worst in New Zealand and not fit for purpose.

The family of a man who died in a suspected suicide at Palmerston North Hospital eight years ago are boycotting a coronial inquest later this month. Shaun Gray's family say it's because they can not…

An artist who painted a mural of Murray Ball's Footrot Flats characters told the late cartoonist's family he would not go ahead with the work if he could not use his version of their likenesses.

More than two weeks after elected officials ordered the removal of unpopular brightly coloured planter boxes that line a main highway into Palmerston North, the offending objects remain.

Engines are revving and bar tills ringing in Palmerston North for the city's biggest weekend of the year.

A teen jailed for her part in the violent home invasion of a 90-year-old Levin woman, who died weeks later of a brain injury, will be released on parole.

Frustration is mounting that a long-awaited new bridge connecting two North Island districts can't yet be used.

A huge new rail yard proposed for the outskirts of Palmerston North is a step closer to reality. Affected residents are unhappy, but KiwiRail says the yards are much needed.

Some resthomes are no longer requiring people to show vaccine passes before visiting loved ones after the relaxation of rules this week.

A main highway into Palmerston North will no longer be lined by unpopular brightly coloured planter boxes after city councillors on Wednesday voted for their removal.