Stories by Jimmy Ellingham

KiwiRail has outgrown its decades-old rail yard in Palmerston North and plans to transform 177 hectares of land to the north of the city into a 24-7 operation designed to accommodate trains up to 1.5…

Government documents uncovered from more than 20 years ago have shown Treasury earmarked more than $130 million to resolve legal claims from former patients of psychiatric institution Lake Alice.

The MidCentral District Health Board and local iwi are running mobile vaccination clinics to ensure people who can't get to town easily can still be vaccinated.

A man who attended a cricket training session in Palmerston North earlier this week has tested positive for Covid-19.

Testing sites in Woodville have been busy today following the discovery of two positive Covid-19 cases in the Tararua District town.

Former Lake Alice patients have spent decades waiting to see if their pleas for justice over the treatment they received are answered. Now, they are facing even further delays.

A woman accused of flouting Covid-19 restrictions by travelling to Auckland says her family has faced harassment since she was charged.

A new mental health ward at Palmerston North Hospital is in the final stages of its design and construction phase.

A coroner has opened an inquiry into the death of a mental health ward inpatient at Palmerston North Hospital over the weekend.

A woman, who allegedly died at the hands of a man on trial for her manslaughter, was found to have suffered 76 injuries, a court has been told.

A Taihape school has rejected the Ministry of Education's apology for taking its students' educational farm away - and accused it of incompetence and letting the farm's facilities degrade into a…

Three women accused of flouting Covid-19 restrictions by travelling to Auckland for an anti-lockdown protest have appeared in court.