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A wet start to the New Year for the top of the South Island

1 January 2026

A wet start to the New Year for the top of the South Island

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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

Police are responding to a serious water incident north of Napier
	22 Dec 2025: Police are responding to a serious water incident north of Napier... more

Police are hoping an offender profile will help the public identify the person responsible for a death in Hawke's Bay's Hastings
	18 Dec 2025: Police are hoping an offender profile will help the public identify the person responsible for a death in Hawke's Bay's Hastings... more

A person has died in a single vehicle crash south of Flemington in the Hawke's Bay last night
	18 Dec 2025: A person has died in a single vehicle crash south of Flemington in the Hawke's Bay last night... more

A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to five years and four months jail for threatening a mass stabbing attack, distributing objectionable material and indecent communications
	17 Dec 2025: A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to five years and four months jail for threatening a mass stabbing attack, distributing objectionable material and indecent communications... more

Police have named the two people found dead after a house fire in Manawatu last week
	15 Dec 2025: Police have named the two people found dead after a house fire in Manawatu last week... more

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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 +++++++++

31 Dec: State Highway 2 north of Eskdale and Napier has reopened overnight after a fatal crash yesterday morning +++++++++

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 ++++++++

Lower North Island NewsLinks

30 Dec: Palmerston north cans new year’s event as 120km/h gales batter lower ni, rain warning for south (NZ Herald)

30 Dec: Palmerson north cans new year’s event as 120km/h gales batter lower ni, rain warning for south (NZ Herald)

29 Dec: Mon, 29 Dec 2025: Kiwi kai stops: giant eclairs, cream horns and meatballs worth making a pitstop for (Stuff.co.nz)

26 Dec: Fri, 26 Dec 2025: 'strong' quake shakes lower north island (RadioNZ)

26 Dec: Fri, 26 Dec 2025: ‘bit of a rattle’: magnitude 4.7 earthquake shakes lower north island awake on boxing day (Stuff.co.nz)

4 Dec: Thu, 4 Dec 2025: Magnitude 4.8 earthquake shakes lower north island (Stuff.co.nz)

23 Oct: Thu, 23 Oct 2025: The windiest winds: how today stacks up against the records (Stuff.co.nz)

22 Oct: Wed, 22 Oct 2025: Helicopters halted as gales create problems for firefighters in lower north island (RadioNZ)

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International:
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Accident and Emergency:
Five people have been injured after a three-vehicle crash east of Queenstown 13:27

Soccer:
A chance for Auckland FC to exact revenge in this afternoon's A-League contest against the Newcastle Jets at Mt Smart 13:17

Entertainment:
If you get lost in the bush, can you really survive by drinking your own pee? 13:07

International:
Republican Lauren Boebert suggests Donald Trump veto could be Epstein files 'retribution' 13:07

Rugby:
Former England prop Dan Cole is ending an 18-year association with rugby's Leicester Tigers 13:07

Law and Order:
Frontline emergency service personnel have been facing abuse during New Year's Eve celebrations around the country 12:27

Rugby:
The countdown has just ramped up to the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics with the ticking over of the new year 12:26

Politics:
A lack of communication from New Zealand's largest patient health portal, in the wake of a cyber security breach 11:36

Auckland:
State Highway 16 remains closed at Makarau, north-west of Auckland, after the discovery of a body 11:16

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