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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Lower North Island articles  Lower North Island
    A call for the urgent return of seven turtles stolen in Hastings
     5 January 2026
    A call for the urgent return of seven turtles stolen in Hastings
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    A man has serious injuries understood to have been stabbed with an eel spear, in suburban Hastings
    5 Jan: A man has serious injuries understood to have been stabbed with an eel spear, in suburban Hastings... more
    MetService is forecasting severe weather to batter the North Island's East Coast this weekend
    3 Jan: MetService is forecasting severe weather to batter the North Island's East Coast this weekend... more
    An investigation's underway after a serious crash near Levin that left a person critically injured last night
    2 Jan: An investigation's underway after a serious crash near Levin that left a person critically injured last night... more
    State Highway 57 near Levin in the Horowhenua District is closed after a two vehicle crash
    1 Jan: State Highway 57 near Levin in the Horowhenua District is closed after a two vehicle crash... more
    A wet start to the New Year for the top of the South Island
    1 Jan: A wet start to the New Year for the top of the South Island... more
    Police investigating the death of a woman in Hawke's Bay's Hastings in October, want the public's help
    31 Dec 2025: Police investigating the death of a woman in Hawke's Bay's Hastings in October, want the public's help... more
    Hawke's Bay is recording its deadliest annual road toll in recent years
    31 Dec 2025: Hawke's Bay is recording its deadliest annual road toll in recent years... more
    State Highway 2 north of Eskdale and Napier has reopened overnight after a fatal crash yesterday morning
    31 Dec 2025: State Highway 2 north of Eskdale and Napier has reopened overnight after a fatal crash yesterday morning... more
    Wellington allrounder Logan van Beek is raring to get back into action in the Firebirds' opening T20 Super Smash match of the season against the Central Stags in Palmerston North this afternoon
    27 Dec 2025: Wellington allrounder Logan van Beek is raring to get back into action in the Firebirds' opening T20 Super Smash match of the season against the Central Stags in Palmerston North this afternoon... more

     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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