Manawatu

There's a new mosque in the township of Taihape and it can proudly call itself the highest Islamic Centre in New Zealand at 440m above sea level. It was initiated by Constable Abu after he encountered… Audio, Gallery

The Transport Agency's regional performance manager, Mark Owen, is on the line. Audio

Shane Bayley is Civil Defence's national controller. Audio

Nikki Kaye is the Civil Defence Minister, she says the Government and local government officials will be looking at whether infrastructure is up to the task but those talks can wait. Audio

The Horizons Regional Council will meet this morning to decide how long to keep the state of emergency in place in Whanganui. Audio

Authorities in the Whanganui region will meet at ten o'clock this morning to decide how much longer to keep a state of local emergency remains in place. Audio

As many as 100 water-logged homes along Wanganui's Anzac Parade could remain inaccessible until next week. The city was cut off for a time after wild weather closed access to the north and south on… Audio

An oil spill has been discovered stretching ten kilometres along the Manawatu coast and a clean up is underway. Audio

Blobs of oil are dotted along 10 kilometres of Foxton Beach and the hunt is on to find out where it's come from. Audio

Dr Ken Clark is the chief medical officer at the Midcentral DHB. Audio

A hospital has admitted a woman who was left a paraplegic might still be walking if she had been transferred to the orthopaedic department sooner. Audio

Young dairy farmers are still feeling optimistic about the industry, despite the low payout, and their farms are well set up for winter, that's in both the North and South Islands. Audio

Whanganui is to push ahead with plans to sell its pensioner flats. Audio

Change is in the air after nearly a century of weather watching for a Feilding family. Alan Mason's family have been recording the weather in Feilding for 98 years. But now, at the age of 94, Mr Mason… Audio

Centralised printing makes it hard to get late breaking into local papers. Audio

Professor of Digestive Biomechanics at the College of Health, Massey University, Associate Investigator <http://www.riddet.ac.nz/our-people/professor-roger-lentle> at the Riddet Institute, and… Audio

Son of WW1 sapper Bertram Martin, one of the New Zealand Tunnellers. Audio

Peat uncovered during major roadworks on the Kapiti Coast is shedding light on early Maori occupation, while the discovery of pumice might be the sign of an old tsunami Audio

State highway three through the Manawatu Gorge between Ashhurst and Woodville is being closed because of a slip, and is expected to remain closed at least until tomorrow afternoon. Audio

New Zealand's most enduringly successful shearer, David Fagan, begins his final competition today before retirement Audio