Whanganui

No warning was given and the suspect was unlikely to escape arrest, the IPCA said.

Whanganui District Council has voted to keep the aviary at Rotokawau Virginia Lake open, despite heartfelt opposition from several councillors concerned about the birds' welfare.

An inmate's trail of destruction across a prison roof during a night under the stars cost almost $250,000 to repair and earned him a further two years behind bars.

Work to bolster stopbanks on the south bank of the Wanganui River at Hari Hari "needs doing urgently".

A central North Island primary school shut its doors on Monday while it cleaned up after a weekend deluge brought floods to the Rangitīkei District.

Emergency centres in the central North Island have been stood down, after heavy rain overnight damaged roads and sparked evacuations.

Streams and rivers are rising and flooding has been reported in North Taranaki, Civil Defence says. Audio

This year's muster of Kaimanawa horses has been canned, but a DOC spokesperson says that means a larger muster will be required in 2024.

One person has died and six people have been injured after a school bus crash southeast of Whanganui.

A Whanganui resident says flooding danger in the riverside marae community of Pūtiki is a tragedy waiting to happen.

A third person has died following a fatal crash in Raetihi yesterday.

Signs re-instating the name - Pākaraka - at a settlement on the outskirts of Whanganui have been ripped out of the ground just hours after being installed.

About 1000 rangatahi have descended on Taranaki and Whanganui for Te Wiki Hākinakina o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori, a celebration of sport and te reo Māori.

Students from around Aotearoa are getting together for Wiki Hā, which combines sport with a chance to practise their te reo Māori.

The cost of rural rail transport must drop, Ruapehu mayor Weston Kirton says, as Taumarunui reinstated as a stop on the main trunk line.