Local Focus: Sensible Sentencing Trust debate gets heated
Politicians go blow-for-blow over law and order. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
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Checkmate for prison drug smuggler
Cannabis oil and marijuana were found in a chess set brought into Manawatu Prison today.
Local Focus: Otaki candidates - Best music for dancing?
Ōtaki candidates answer the important questions. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Otaki candidates - What's the biggest issue in Ōtaki?
Ōtaki candidates answer the important questions. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Palmerston North Candidates - Environment
Palmerston North candidates answer the important questions. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Otaki candidates - How's your local knowledge?
Ōtaki candidates answer the important questions. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Palmerston North Candidates - What is the worst thing you've done?
Palmerston North candidates answer the important questions. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Candidate's cutest policy
From labour to Labour, candidate's incredible story. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'Water everywhere': Dream home turns to nightmare
Lesley and George bought a house to escape tragedy. What they got was even more trauma.
Local Focus: Dream home turns into a nightmare
Lesley and George bought their house to escape sadness. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Police crack down on alcohol stores
Police are calling on stores that sell alcohol to check a customer's ID if they look young
Cyclist killed in Palmerston North named
The cyclist killed on a Palmerston North street earlier this week has been named.
Local Focus: Two escape helicopter crash
Incredible escape for trainee pilot. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Police make third Manawatu meth-lab arrest
Manawatu Police make third arrest in six weeks in relation to meth manufacturing.
Earthquake felt in lower North Island
A 'decent shock and shake' hits the North Island's East Coast.
Local Focus: 'This has got court written all over it'
KPMG report vindicates HDC Chief Executive. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: 'This has got court written all over it'
KPMG report vindicates HDC Chief Executive. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Keeping an eye on the eels in the spa
An eel spa is not the latest in beauty fads. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Dark net sting: Drugs, firearms seized in raids
Police raided homes in Auckland, Palmerston North and Christchurch looking for drugs.
Synthetic cannabis seized in Manawatu
Man and woman arrested in the Manawatu for offences related to supplying synthetics.
Hamilton Ray White branch fined $1m for price fixing
Hamilton Ray White branch to pay $1m for price fixing.
Govt pays $44m to clean up 100 NZ rivers
A day ahead of Labour's freshwater announcement, National has made its own.
Residents demand answers over gorge
Three hundred residents gathered in Woodville last night to demand action over the gorge.
Welcome relief from the weather as fine days predicted
One last band of rain will soak the country before a couple of days of fine weather.
Arrest in Palmerston North dairy robbery
A 23-year-old Palmerston North man has been arrested and charged with aggravated robbery.
Rider hurt after car and motorcycle crash in Manawatu
Woman headed for hospital after motorcycle crash in the Manawatu.
Two people dead after car accident in Manawatu
Two people have died in a single car accident this evening.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Feilding drug test controversy
Parents up in arms after drug tests on students. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'Only thing that's kept me going is me dogs'
Man faces 'bankruptcy and homelessness' if ACC does not continue entitlements.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Heartbreak in Himatangi
Paul McKenna has worked hard all his life. Made with finding from NZ On Air.
Who put the P in Pahiatua?
Heartland New Zealand is being hit hard by the methamphetamine scourge.
Watch NZH Local Focus: 'We have 14-year-olds smoking crack'
Who put the P in Pahiatua? Made with funding from NZ On Air.