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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Lower North Island articles  Lower North Island
    One person has died in a crash south of Palmerston North
     15 July 2025
    One person has died in a crash south of Palmerston North
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    >> Accident and Emergency News 

    State Highway 56 in Manawatu-Whanganui is closed at Tiakitahuna - after a crash at about 7:30 this evening
    14 Jul 2025: State Highway 56 in Manawatu-Whanganui is closed at Tiakitahuna - after a crash at about 7:30 this evening... more
    Napier's 'Design Spun', spinning mill is closing, as well as its dye house - with 26 jobs going
    10 Jul 2025: Napier's 'Design Spun', spinning mill is closing, as well as its dye house - with 26 jobs going... more
    Five military-style semi-automatic weapons have been found stored in children's bedrooms - in a Napier home
    8 Jul 2025: Five military-style semi-automatic weapons have been found stored in children's bedrooms - in a Napier home... more
    A homicide investigation is underway following the death of a baby found with critical injuries at a Foxton Beach House
    6 Jul 2025: A homicide investigation is underway following the death of a baby found with critical injuries at a Foxton Beach House... more
    A new 12.7 million dollar investment in two new CT scanners, is expected to improve diagnostic services across Palmerston North
    5 Jul 2025: A new 12.7 million dollar investment in two new CT scanners, is expected to improve diagnostic services across Palmerston North... more
    A pedestrian's died after being hit by a car near the Manawatu town of Feilding
    4 Jul 2025: A pedestrian's died after being hit by a car near the Manawatu town of Feilding... more
    Police have charged 12 more people - over a large dangerous boy racer meet in Levin, over King's Birthday weekend
    2 Jul 2025: Police have charged 12 more people - over a large dangerous boy racer meet in Levin, over King's Birthday weekend... more
    A scene guard's at a Foxton Beach home where a six-month-old baby was found critically injured on Sunday morning
    1 Jul 2025: A scene guard's at a Foxton Beach home where a six-month-old baby was found critically injured on Sunday morning... more
    A person has died in a serious single vehicle crash in Central Hawkes Bay's Waipukurau
    29 Jun 2025: A person has died in a serious single vehicle crash in Central Hawkes Bay's Waipukurau... more

     Most Popular Recent Lower North Island News
     31 Dec: State Highway 2 north of Eskdale and Napier has reopened overnight after a fatal crash yesterday morning +++++++++++++
     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 +++++++++
     10 Dec: Police are maintaining an increased presence in Horowhenua's Foxton Beach after the deaths of two people in a house fire +++++++++
     31 Dec: Police investigating the death of a woman in Hawke's Bay's Hastings in October, want the public's help ++++++++
     18 Dec: Police are hoping an offender profile will help the public identify the person responsible for a death in Hawke's Bay's Hastings ++++++++

     Lower North Island NewsLinks
      30 Dec: Tue, 30 Dec 2025: Palmerston north cans new year’s event as 120km/h gales batter lower ni, rain warning for south (NZ Herald)
      30 Dec: Tue, 30 Dec 2025: 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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