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6 September 2025

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A Gang Conflict Warrant is now in place across Hawke's Bay after two gang-related incidents overnight, injuring four people
	5 Sep 2025: A Gang Conflict Warrant is now in place across Hawke's Bay after two gang-related incidents overnight, injuring four people... more

The public's being asked to help prevent anymore violence in Palmerston North
	2 Sep 2025: The public's being asked to help prevent anymore violence in Palmerston North... more

A person's died at the scene of a single-vehicle crash in Hawkes Bay this afternoon
	31 Aug 2025: A person's died at the scene of a single-vehicle crash in Hawkes Bay this afternoon... more

A person's been arrested for throwing a bottle at a Police vehicle during a crack down on anti-social road users in Manawatu
	31 Aug 2025: A person's been arrested for throwing a bottle at a Police vehicle during a crack down on anti-social road users in Manawatu... more

State Highway 50, in Central Hawkes Bay, is closed following a serious crash
	31 Aug 2025: State Highway 50, in Central Hawkes Bay, is closed following a serious crash... more

A road freight association's raising concerns a yet-to-be-strengthened Hawkes Bay bridge's costing the region millions
	30 Aug 2025: A road freight association's raising concerns a yet-to-be-strengthened Hawkes Bay bridge's costing the region millions... more

Concern that internal issues among gang members in Levin is spilling out into the community
	25 Aug 2025: Concern that internal issues among gang members in Levin is spilling out into the community... more

Police continue to swarm Levin as they investigate a spate of gang-related shootings in the town earlier this week
	24 Aug 2025: Police continue to swarm Levin as they investigate a spate of gang-related shootings in the town earlier this week... more

The full Hawke's Bay trails network has reopened for the public, after a two-year rebuild from Cyclone Gabrielle
	23 Aug 2025: The full Hawke's Bay trails network has reopened for the public, after a two-year rebuild from Cyclone Gabrielle... more

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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 ++++++++

23 Jan: A high police presence will be visible in Masterton today for a gang-related funeral ++++++++

Lower North Island NewsLinks

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)

16 Feb: Power outages: what to do - and what not to do - when the electricity goes out (RadioNZ)

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