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Truck rolls in Manawatu
A truck driver has escaped with minor injuries after his vehicle rolled in Manawatu. It happened around 6.30 this morning on Halcombe

New Year's Eve crash victim mourned
Tihioterangi Rei Edgecombe had spent December 31 last year fixing a car when he decided to see how it was running.

Plane in 'trouble' at Manawatu airfield
Emergency services are in attendance at an airfield in Manawatu.

Explosion fear after truck crashes
A truck carrying an estimated 5700 litres of bitumen crashed between Feilding and Halcombe this morning.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Hot laps getting hotter in Feilding
Motorsport fans rejoice, a new attraction at Feilding's Manfield Racetrack, gets you as close as possible to the world of a professional race car driver. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Hot laps getting hotter in Feilding
Motorsport fans rejoice, a new attraction at Feilding's Manfield Racetrack, gets you as close as possible to the world of a professional race car driver. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Police investigating house fire in Manawatu
A house fire in Manawatu is being treated as suspicious.

Soldier died from league match head injury
There was no wrongdoing in the death of a soldier injured in a rugby league match, a coroner has found.

School rugby coach warned after brawl
A high school rugby coach has been warned by police for his behaviour during a rugby game which ended in a mass brawl involving students and adults alike.

Early reunion jump starts MTA date
There will be plenty of reminiscing when a group of retired motor traders and mechanics gets together for a reunion in Whanganui this

Fire crews called to Feilding apartment blaze
Fire safety officers will be returning the scene of a fire at an apartment block in Feilding today.

Concerns for missing rest home resident
A Feilding woman has gone missing and police are worried about her well being.

Missing woman found safe and well
Feilding woman Denise Lynch had left her rest home without her vital medication.

Feilding fires treated as suspicious
Two fires in Feilding early this morning are thought to be connected, and are being treated as suspicious.

Police hunt knife-wielding robber
A man who pulled a knife on a security guard at the Feilding Warehouse remains at large.

Man dies after Feilding crash
The passenger of a car that crashed in Feilding yesterday has died in hospital.

Mystery calls may point to accomplice
Private investigators claim a series of mystery phone calls were made to slain farmer Scott Guy on the eve and day of his killing which may hold the key to the four-year-old murder.

Pedestrian killed after being hit by car near Feilding
A man was killed after being hit by a car in Palmerston North early this morning.

Man crushed to death against tree
The man killed while pruning a tree in Feilding today was apparently crushed against the trunk by safety equipment, police say.

Flight training inquiry finds need for better records
The Civil Aviation Authority has been told it needs to keep better records on flight training incidents after an investigation found insufficient evidence to link an increase in fatalities to a decline in training safety.

'No closure' for Guy family
Five years behind bars for Ewen Macdonald has not brought any closure to the Guy family, it just reminds the Feilding family how his actions have affected them all.

Macdonald sentencing today
Feilding farmer Ewen Macdonald, who was cleared of killing his brother-in-law Scott Guy, will be sentenced today on other charges.