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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Lower North Island articles  Lower North Island
    It's believed there's been injuries from a single-vehicle crash on State Highway 1, Taihape, to the north of Spooners Hill
     1 March 2026
    It's believed there's been injuries from a single-vehicle crash on State Highway 1, Taihape, to the north of Spooners Hill
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    A 22 year old Hawke's Bay man has been exposed as the planner of a mass killing and a distributor of child sexual exploitation material
    28 Feb: A 22 year old Hawke's Bay man has been exposed as the planner of a mass killing and a distributor of child sexual exploitation material... more
    Police are scaling back their search for a man missing in Palmerston North's Manawatu River
    27 Feb: Police are scaling back their search for a man missing in Palmerston North's Manawatu River... more
    Eight people have been taken to hospital after a crash in central Hawke's Bay this morning
    26 Feb: Eight people have been taken to hospital after a crash in central Hawke's Bay this morning... more
    Police have arrested a second person over a Flaxmere man's alleged murder in February last year
    24 Feb: Police have arrested a second person over a Flaxmere man's alleged murder in February last year... more
    American golfer Austen Truslow beats 17-year-old Christchurch amateur Cooper Moore by three shots to claim NZ PGA Championship
    23 Feb: American golfer Austen Truslow has beaten 17-year-old Christchurch amateur Cooper Moore by three shots to claim the New Zealand PGA Championship at Paraparaumu... more
    Fundraising's underway for a potentially lifesaving surgical robot in the Manawatu
    22 Feb: Fundraising's underway for a potentially lifesaving surgical robot in the Manawatu... more
    Three people were taken to hospital after a chemical incident in Levin last night
    20 Feb: Three people were taken to hospital after a chemical incident in Levin last night... more
    Police are appealing for information, as they investigate the death of a five-year-old boy who was found dead in the water in Napier
    20 Feb: Police are appealing for information, as they investigate the death of a five-year-old boy who was found dead in the water in Napier... more
    St John is assessing 19 patients after a chemical incident in Horowhenua's Levin this evening
    19 Feb: St John is assessing 19 patients after a chemical incident in Horowhenua's Levin this evening... 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 ++++++++++++++
     10 Feb: One person is being flown to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition - after a house fire on a hillside between Eskdale and Bay View in Hawke's Bay ++++++++++++
     04 Feb: Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed a fatal assault outside a Napier nightclub, to come forward +++++++++++
     08 Feb: Residents in Hawke's Bay's Kai-rakau have entered a second consecutive month of level 4 water restrictions +++++++++++
     15 Feb: Residents due to be hit by heavy rain and severe gales are being warned to act now +++++++++++
     03 Feb: Police have launched an investigation after a body was found at a work site in Omahu near Hastings ++++++++++

     Lower North Island NewsLinks
      27 Feb: Enjoy the last gasp of summer - the temperature’s about to plunge (Stuff.co.nz)
      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)
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     Today's News

    Education:
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    International:
    Three scenarios for what's next with Iran's leadership 10:07

    Rugby:
    The Crusaders are set to be without prop Tamaiti Williams for the upcoming rounds of Super Rugby Pacific 10:07

    Entertainment:
    Industry is to end after its fifth season 10:05

    Soccer:
    One of the last elements of the All Whites' World Cup plan is in place 9:27

    Environment:
    Switzerland can save its alpine villages. But should it? 8:47

    International:
    The Epstein files: Why the sex offender's brother and lawyer do not believe he took his own life 8:37

    International:
    Iran shows ballistic missiles and drones can wreak havoc across Middle East 8:17

    Accident and Emergency:
    One person's died in a single-vehicle crash in Paekakariki, on the Kapiti Coast 8:17

    Rugby League:
    Roger Tuivasa-Sheck claims the loss of club captain Mitch Barnett at the end of this NRL league season has become a bonding factor for this year's Warriors squad 8:07

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