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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Lower North Island articles  Lower North Island
    A coroner's report suggests the death of a 20 month old in Manawatu, was an accident
     12 June 2025
    A coroner's report suggests the death of a 20 month old in Manawatu, was an accident
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    The parents of a teen killed in Napier are still seeking justice as no one's been charged a month on
    10 Jun: The parents of a teen killed in Napier are still seeking justice as no one's been charged a month on... more
    Multiple cars involved in last week's "Levin invasion" boy racer meet have popped up for sale online
    6 Jun: Multiple cars involved in last week's "Levin invasion" boy racer meet have popped up for sale online... more
    More court appearances today, over Friday night's large violent boy-racer gatherings in Levin and Palmerston North
    3 Jun: More court appearances today, over Friday night's large violent boy-racer gatherings in Levin and Palmerston North... more
    A pensioner is lucky to be alive after being knocked out by freak waves while fishing at Otaki Beach north of Wellington
    2 Jun: A pensioner is lucky to be alive after being knocked out by freak waves while fishing at Otaki Beach north of Wellington... more
    One person has died following a crash on the Napier-Taupo road on Wednesday
    1 Jun: One person has died following a crash on the Napier-Taupo road on Wednesday... more
    A chaotic Friday boy racer meeting in Levin and Palmerston North, has prompted calls for quicker, and stricter, punishments
    1 Jun: A chaotic Friday boy racer meeting in Levin and Palmerston North, has prompted calls for quicker, and stricter, punishments... more
    Police are vowing to have a strong presence in Central Hawke's Bay for a large gang gathering
    1 Jun: Police are vowing to have a strong presence in Central Hawke's Bay for a large gang gathering... more
    A man has been imprisoned for 10 years and eight months after abducting a woman and raping her repeatedly
    31 May: A man has been imprisoned for 10 years and eight months after abducting a woman and raping her repeatedly... more
    Urges for stronger crack downs on boy racer gatherings, following violent events in Levin and Palmerston North
    31 May: Urges for stronger crack downs on boy racer gatherings, following violent events in Levin and Palmerston North... more

     Most Popular Recent Lower North Island News
     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 +++++++++
     14 Dec: Crews on the ground and in the air are fighting to put out a vegetation fire in rural Whanganui ++++++++
     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 ++++++++
     10 Dec: Police are maintaining an increased presence in Horowhenua's Foxton Beach after the deaths of two people in a house fire ++++++++
     07 Dec: Kiwi running prodigy Sam Ruthe has comfortably won the national schools 1500 metres title in Hastings ++++++++
     18 Dec: Police are hoping an offender profile will help the public identify the person responsible for a death in Hawke's Bay's Hastings +++++++

     Lower North Island NewsLinks
      26 Dec: 'strong' quake shakes lower north island (RadioNZ)
      26 Dec: ‘bit of a rattle’: magnitude 4.7 earthquake shakes lower north island awake on boxing day (Stuff.co.nz)
      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)
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