Stories by Jimmy Ellingham

After parents of newborn twins were told one of their daughters would die, medical staff suggested turning off the machines keeping their other child alive.

Inspired by the annual Black Clash of rugby and cricket stars, a Manawatū school is staging its own Twenty20 battle for its big sporting names.

Massey University staff battling over wages and job cuts are furious the vice-chancellor's pay has jumped 18 percent this year.

Non-academic staff at Massey University are fighting proposals to cut more than 70 jobs across campuses, and substantially alter other roles.

New critical care units at Palmerston North Hospital could be more than seven years away, despite concerns about intensive care being raised more than a decade ago.

More than two years after the sudden death of her husband at Palmerston North Hospital, a Manawatū woman is still waiting for answers about what happened.

A man charged with murdering his cellmate at Manawatū Prison near Palmerston North has been found unfit to stand trial.

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.

Manawatū's notorious wind will power competitors at this week's Blokart World Championship and New Zealand Open competitions in the province.

A 70-year-old woman in remission from incurable cancer has won a promise from ACC that she won't have to battle for treatment when the disease inevitably comes back.

In the age of TikTok and shrinking attention spans one teen is bucking the stereotype by running a bookstore.

A former patient of the Lake Alice psychiatric hospital's child unit will ask the United Nations to come to New Zealand to investigate the government's response to a ruling that he was tortured.

Despite hefty issues Palmerston North is facing, turnout in recent local body elections has been poor, a trend showing no sign of improving this year.

As he was led to the courthouse cells, a teacher who groomed and sexually offended against four pupils received a loud message from the public gallery.

A heavily pregnant woman in her 20s and her unborn child died at Palmerston North Hospital after the woman's admission to intensive care with sepsis was delayed.

The atmosphere in the Horowhenua town of Levin is highly charged as New Zealand's top electricity supply workers spark up for industry bragging rights.

More than 1000 barbershop singers are expected to descend on Palmerston North for a national convention this week, reaching a crescendo with a concert on Saturday night. Video, Audio

Parents rushing their sick children to Palmerston North Hospital's under-pressure emergency department will soon be able to wait away from weekend drunks and other distractions.

A group of caregivers is seeking a judicial review of the health workers' mandate, after losing thousands of dollars in payments.

While the Black Caps floundered in Australia, another New Zealand cricket team was sweeping all before it across the Tasman.

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

The North Island town of Bulls is the epitome of local government apathy - its district councillors have been elected unopposed and turnout in a recent by-election was barely over 15 percent.

A Palmerston North man has admitted discharging a fire extinguisher over police and then throwing it at officers breaking up the protest at Parliament earlier this year.

Efforts to turn overgrown former Palmerston North bowling club land into housing are a step closer thanks to the new law.

Palmerston North has a poo problem thanks to the spectacular daily flight of thousands of starlings, which swoop on the inner city to spend the night.