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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Lower North Island articles  Lower North Island
    A magnitude 4.8 earthquake's shaken Hastings - just before 6pm
     13 August 2025
    A magnitude 4.8 earthquake's shaken Hastings - just before 6pm
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    Two people have been arrested during coordinated simultaneous drug and firearms busts in Manawatu and Auckland
    11 Aug 2025: Two people have been arrested during coordinated simultaneous drug and firearms busts in Manawatu and Auckland... more
    Former All Black Leicester Fainga'anuku's led Tasman to a 49-17 NPC trouncing of Manawatu in his return to Trafalgar Park in Nelson
    9 Aug 2025: Former All Black Leicester Fainga'anuku's led Tasman to a 49-17 NPC trouncing of Manawatu in his return to Trafalgar Park in Nelson... more
    A man's been arrested after a baby was critically injured in Wairarapa last month
    7 Aug 2025: A man's been arrested after a baby was critically injured in Wairarapa last month... more
    Hawke's Bay SPCA workers are being verbally and physically abused by the public, when they don't accept their unwanted animals
    5 Aug 2025: Hawke's Bay SPCA workers are being verbally and physically abused by the public, when they don't accept their unwanted animals... more
    A coroner's found burnouts and vandalism at a Hastings intersection, contributed to the death of a Canadian tourist
    5 Aug 2025: A coroner's found burnouts and vandalism at a Hastings intersection, contributed to the death of a Canadian tourist... more
    People are being asked to continue avoiding the intersection of Herrington Street and Lady's Mile, in Foxton
    2 Aug 2025: People are being asked to continue avoiding the intersection of Herrington Street and Lady's Mile, in Foxton... more
    Captain Brayden Iose will play his 50th game for Manawatu when he leads his side against North Harbour tonight
    1 Aug 2025: Captain Brayden Iose will play his 50th game for Manawatu when he leads his side against North Harbour tonight... more
    Police are investigating how a three-month-old from Masterton sustained what they believe to be non-accidental injuries
    1 Aug 2025: Police are investigating how a three-month-old from Masterton sustained what they believe to be non-accidental injuries... more
    A woman has been charged with threats of harm to people or property - after schools and Hastings hospital went into lockdown last Wednesday
    30 Jul 2025: A woman has been charged with threats of harm to people or property - after schools and Hastings hospital went into lockdown last Wednesday... 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 ++++++++++++
     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 +++++++++
     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 +++++++++

     Lower North Island NewsLinks
      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)
      16 Feb: Wind gusts measuring up to 240km/h recorded on lower north island's east coast (RadioNZ)
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     Today's News

    Rugby League:
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    Law and Order:
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    Entertainment:
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    Business:
    Scrapping business class could halve aviation emissions – new study 11:17

    Health & Safety:
    Urgent care clinics ease emergency department demand, but wait times unchanged 11:17

    Christchurch:
    A child's been hit by a car on on Christchurch's Ferry Road, in Woolston, and is seriously injured 10:57

    Entertainment:
    Henry Winkler is aspiring to become "a block of cheddar" 10:51

    National:
    Calls for a boycott of the 2026 FIFA World Cup are growing, but how realistic is one? 10:37

    Environment:
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    Soccer:
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