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State Highway 50, in Central Hawkes Bay, is closed following a serious crash

31 August 2025

State Highway 50, in Central Hawkes Bay, is closed following a serious crash

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A road freight association's raising concerns a yet-to-be-strengthened Hawkes Bay bridge's costing the region millions
	30 Aug 2025: A road freight association's raising concerns a yet-to-be-strengthened Hawkes Bay bridge's costing the region millions... more

Concern that internal issues among gang members in Levin is spilling out into the community
	25 Aug 2025: Concern that internal issues among gang members in Levin is spilling out into the community... more

Police continue to swarm Levin as they investigate a spate of gang-related shootings in the town earlier this week
	24 Aug 2025: Police continue to swarm Levin as they investigate a spate of gang-related shootings in the town earlier this week... more

The full Hawke's Bay trails network has reopened for the public, after a two-year rebuild from Cyclone Gabrielle
	23 Aug 2025: The full Hawke's Bay trails network has reopened for the public, after a two-year rebuild from Cyclone Gabrielle... more

A person's died at a school in Levin
	20 Aug 2025: A person's died at a school in Levin... more

A call for witnesses - to a man being assaulted and robbed in Palmerston North by three men about 9.40 last Thursday night - on the corner of Linton and Church streets
	18 Aug 2025: A call for witnesses - to a man being assaulted and robbed in Palmerston North by three men about 9.40 last Thursday night - on the corner of Linton and Church streets... more

A 26-year-old is due in court today following a house fire in Palmerston North yesterday
	18 Aug 2025: A 26-year-old is due in court today following a house fire in Palmerston North yesterday... more

Three crews are battling a house fire on Palmerston North's Main Street
	17 Aug 2025: Three crews are battling a house fire on Palmerston North's Main Street... more

To provincial rugby ... on Gold Sport ..
	16 Aug 2025: To provincial rugby ... on Gold Sport ..... more

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Most Popular Recent Lower North Island News

11 Feb: Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others ++++++++++++++++

09 Feb: Police are treating the discovery of a 64-year-old woman's body at a worksite on Taihape Road 0 in Omahu - near Hastings last week, as a homicide ++++++++++++

04 Feb: Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed a fatal assault outside a Napier nightclub, to come forward +++++++++++

03 Feb: Police have launched an investigation after a body was found at a work site in Omahu near Hastings ++++++++++

27 Jan: Thousands of people have reported feeling a magnitude 4.5 earthquake near the capital this afternoon ++++++++++

15 Feb: Residents due to be hit by heavy rain and severe gales are being warned to act now +++++++++

10 Feb: One person is being flown to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition - after a house fire on a hillside between Eskdale and Bay View in Hawke's Bay +++++++++

Lower North Island NewsLinks

20 Feb: Confusion over who is meant to deal with ongoing power cuts (RadioNZ)

18 Feb: Wellington and lower north island still without power days after weather bomb (RadioNZ)

17 Feb: Live weather: river breaches banks, floods close highways in canterbury (RadioNZ)

17 Feb: Live weather: floods close roads around banks peninsula as downpour moves south (RadioNZ)

16 Feb: Lower north island communities cut off by ‘unprecedented’ flooding (Stuff.co.nz)

16 Feb: ‘we just couldn’t cope’: residents dig out drains after lower hutt suburb submerged by flooding (Stuff.co.nz)

16 Feb: Winds gust to 240km/h on lower north island's east coast (RadioNZ)

16 Feb: Wind gusts measuring up to 240km/h recorded on lower north island's east coast (RadioNZ)

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