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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Lower North Island articles  Lower North Island
    Police are hoping an offender profile will help the public identify the person responsible for a death in Hawke's Bay's Hastings
     18 December 2025
    Police are hoping an offender profile will help the public identify the person responsible for a death in Hawke's Bay's Hastings
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    A person has died in a single vehicle crash south of Flemington in the Hawke's Bay last night
    18 Dec: A person has died in a single vehicle crash south of Flemington in the Hawke's Bay last night... more
    A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to five years and four months jail for threatening a mass stabbing attack, distributing objectionable material and indecent communications
    17 Dec: A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to five years and four months jail for threatening a mass stabbing attack, distributing objectionable material and indecent communications... more
    Police have named the two people found dead after a house fire in Manawatu last week
    15 Dec: Police have named the two people found dead after a house fire in Manawatu last week... more
    Crews on the ground and in the air are fighting to put out a vegetation fire in rural Whanganui
    14 Dec: Crews on the ground and in the air are fighting to put out a vegetation fire in rural Whanganui... more
    Hawkes Bay Police are urging the public to keep their homes and vehicles secure - with a spike in the number of diesel thefts in rural Hastings
    14 Dec: Hawkes Bay Police are urging the public to keep their homes and vehicles secure - with a spike in the number of diesel thefts in rural Hastings... more
    A Police watchdog report finds officers in Hawke's Bay unlawfully entered a house this year and used unjustified force to arrest a man breaching bail
    11 Dec: A Police watchdog report finds officers in Hawke's Bay unlawfully entered a house this year and used unjustified force to arrest a man breaching bail... more
    Police are maintaining an increased presence in Horowhenua's Foxton Beach after the deaths of two people in a house fire
    10 Dec: Police are maintaining an increased presence in Horowhenua's Foxton Beach after the deaths of two people in a house fire... more
    Fire crews have extinguished a blaze that ripped through home in Manawatu's Foxton Beach this morning, but two people remain unaccounted for
    9 Dec: Fire crews have extinguished a blaze that ripped through home in Manawatu's Foxton Beach this morning, but two people remain unaccounted for... more
    Black Caps spinner Ajaz Patel has just surpassed 400 first-class wickets while playing for the Central Stags in their four-day Plunket Shield match against Canterbury in Napier
    7 Dec: Black Caps spinner Ajaz Patel has just surpassed 400 first-class wickets while playing for the Central Stags in their four-day Plunket Shield match against Canterbury in Napier... more

     Most Popular Recent Lower North Island News
     22 Nov: Manawatu Police have confirmed the names of the three children who died in a housefire in Sanson last weekend, and their father ++++++++++++++++++++
     09 Dec: Fire crews have extinguished a blaze that ripped through home in Manawatu's Foxton Beach this morning, but two people remain unaccounted for +++++++++
     11 Dec: A Police watchdog report finds officers in Hawke's Bay unlawfully entered a house this year and used unjustified force to arrest a man breaching bail ++++++++
     07 Dec: Black Caps spinner Ajaz Patel has just surpassed 400 first-class wickets while playing for the Central Stags in their four-day Plunket Shield match against Canterbury in Napier ++++++++
     14 Dec: Crews on the ground and in the air are fighting to put out a vegetation fire in rural Whanganui +++++++
     07 Dec: Kiwi running prodigy Sam Ruthe has comfortably won the national schools 1500 metres title in Hastings +++++++
     28 Nov: Practising in the event of another large earthquake in Manawatu-Whanganui +++++++

     Lower North Island NewsLinks
      4 Dec: Magnitude 4.8 earthquake shakes lower north island (Stuff.co.nz)
      23 Oct: The windiest winds: how today stacks up against the records (Stuff.co.nz)
      22 Oct: Helicopters halted as gales create problems for firefighters in lower north island (RadioNZ)
      21 Oct: In pictures: strong winds, heavy rain lashes wellington and south island (RadioNZ)
      21 Oct: Live: man killed by falling tree as storm hits wellington, winds and rain in the south (RadioNZ)
      12 Oct: Wild weather as gusts top 130kph in wellington (Stuff.co.nz)
      3 Oct: Ubhome m10 robot lawn mower review: precise positioning for cheap? maybe (PC World)
      30 Sep: Fast-moving front set to bring cold snap to south island and lower north (Stuff.co.nz)
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