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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Lower North Island articles  Lower North Island
    One person has died following a boating incident off the coast of Napier today
     21 October 2025
    One person has died following a boating incident off the coast of Napier today
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    >> Accident and Emergency News 

    Police have named a wanted man, after an alleged homicide at Pahiatua, near Palmerston North - as Jeremy Robertson
    20 Oct 2025: Police have named a wanted man, after an alleged homicide at Pahiatua, near Palmerston North - as Jeremy Robertson... more
    The Canterbury rugby team are expecting another torrid home knockout as they host Hawke's Bay in the second NPC semifinal tonight, to see who'll play Otago in the final
    18 Oct 2025: The Canterbury rugby team are expecting another torrid home knockout as they host Hawke's Bay in the second NPC semifinal tonight, to see who'll play Otago in the final... more
    A person's died after a serious two-vehicle crash in Feilding this afternoon
    18 Oct 2025: A person's died after a serious two-vehicle crash in Feilding this afternoon... more
    The public is being asked for sightings of a man possibly involved in a homicide, in a town near Palmerston North
    17 Oct 2025: The public is being asked for sightings of a man possibly involved in a homicide, in a town near Palmerston North... more
    Police have found a woman's red station wagon - as they investigate her death in Pahiatua yesterday, west of Palmerston North
    16 Oct 2025: Police have found a woman's red station wagon - as they investigate her death in Pahiatua yesterday, west of Palmerston North... more
    A man's due to appear in Tauranga District Court today, charged with the murder of a six-month-old baby earlier this year, in the Manawatu-Whanganui region's Foxton Beach
    15 Oct 2025: A man's due to appear in Tauranga District Court today, charged with the murder of a six-month-old baby earlier this year, in the Manawatu-Whanganui region's Foxton Beach... more
    Police will have a visible presence across Hawke's Bay over the next few days - with two gang tangi taking place
    13 Oct 2025: Police will have a visible presence across Hawke's Bay over the next few days - with two gang tangi taking place... more
    Taranaki coach Neil Barnes believes his first five-eighths Josh Jacomb is not ready for the All Blacks yet, heading into tonight's NPC quarter-final against Hawke's Bay in Napier
    11 Oct 2025: Taranaki coach Neil Barnes believes his first five-eighths Josh Jacomb is not ready for the All Blacks yet, heading into tonight's NPC quarter-final against Hawke's Bay in Napier... more
    An eighth person has been arrested over a 15-year-old's stabbing death in Napier in May
    9 Oct 2025: An eighth person has been arrested over a 15-year-old's stabbing death in Napier in May... 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 +++++++++
     02 Feb: Napier Police have stood cordons down on Nuffield Avenue in Marewa, after a person was allegedly seen with a gun ++++++++

     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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