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Man charged after shooting death
A man has been charged with the murder of a 23-year-old woman shot at her home in Otaki Beach yesterday.
Whanganui: Down the river to nowhere
Liz French paddles beneath the Whanganui River's Bridge to Nowhere.
Flood warnings for North Island
Travellers could get caught as heavy downfalls settle over the North Island for the next 24 hours.
Central Plateau: It's (almost) all downhill
Having fallen into disuse once rail made life easier, the Central Plateau's Old Coach Rd is now being utilised by cyclists. Diana Clement got on her bike.
Machete teen jailed for cop attack
A Manawatu teen was today jailed for eight years and three months for the attempted murder of a Taihape policeman last year. Bruce Mellor was left for dead when he was attacked from behind with a machete after pulling over a stolen red
Police hunt man after Palmerston North stabbing
A young man on a rehabilitation programme for offenders has been stabbed outside the Probation Service building in Palmerston North.
Students' letters touch hearts of emergency workers
Handwritten letters from students in Feilding have warmed the hearts of emergency service workers in quake-stricken Christchurch.
Attack 'the most horrible thing ever' - victim's mother
Parents need to take responsibility in the aftermath of a horrific attack which left a Whanganui schoolgirl bloodied and in need of hospital treatment, Education Minister Anne Tolley says.
Union denied access to meat plant
Meat inspectors at a Wanganui plant say they have to meet their union representative on a public road after being denied a meeting at the workplace.
Human error to blame for rope swing death - coroner
A coroner has laid blame for the death of a student killed in a bridge swinging accident in 2009 on the man who failed to check the rope.
'Sickening' girl-girl NZ school attack
Graphic cellphone video footage has surfaced showing a prolonged and vicious assault that left a Wanganui Girls' College student bleeding from her ears and needing hospital treatment. The footage shows the 15-year-old girl being...