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One person's died after a single-vehicle in Manawatu last night

9 February 2026

Police were called to Santoft Road in Rangitikei just before 10pm where the sole occupant was found dead at the scene.

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08 Feb: Residents in Hawke's Bay's Kai-rakau have entered a second consecutive month of level 4 water restrictions

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

03 Feb: Communities around Hawke's Bay are commemorating 95 years since the 1931 earthquake

02 Feb: Napier Police have stood cordons down on Nuffield Avenue in Marewa, after a person was allegedly seen with a gun

02 Feb: Humidity in Auckland has hit 93 percent - and MetService says temperatures in the Super City are not expected to drop much lower than 29 degrees as the day goes on

01 Feb: A man's in a critical condition in Hawke's Bay Hospital after he was assaulted outside a night club in Napier early this morning

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