Up to 50 Palmerston North Boys' High School pupils and teachers were sent home on Friday.

Three workmen were hospitalised after a gas pipe was cut at Massey University in Palmerston North today.

Five people, including a baby, have been injured in a car crash near State Highway 1 in the Horowhenua District.

Gunshots heard in Foxton last night could be potentially gang-related and may have left a man wounded, police say.

Cordons remain in place in Foxton this morning following reports of gunshots in the small Manawatu town last night.

Police will remain in Foxton overnight following reports of gunshots in the small Manawatu town.

Police have received reports of people going door to door in Palmerston North and surrounding areas, claiming to be from the Earthquake Commission or council.

Concerns that students who could potentially be quality vets are being turned away has prompted Massey Uni to give the qualification a major overhaul.

A schoolboy missing from his Palmerston North home has been found.

A Whanganui cancer patient has had to make five return trips to Palmerston North in a month for treatment that he said was previously

A brazen aggravated robbery by three men in Palmerston North has left one person injured

National Party list MP Jono Naylor says he will leave Parliament after just one term.

A little girl has written a note asking the thieves who burgled her home to return the treasured items they stole from her family.

Christine Smith, who is 38 weeks pregnant, went missing from Palmerston North Hospital this afternoon.

Whanganui hit-and-run victim Jesse Minnell has woken up and is speaking, his mother says.

An 11-year-old boy was injured after crashing his motorbike into a cow.

Foisting a young man who has serious challenges on the criminal justice system was not appropriate, a judge said today.

A severely autistic young man is being held in prison because disabilty service providers cannot find an alternative place for him to go.

A man fined for giving police a false tip on the Scott Guy murder case five years ago was back in court today on other charges.

Four people, one armed with a gun, have robbed a bar in Palmerston North.

The call came last January when Tammam Tamim was at home with his family.

A man is in custody after attacking a woman with a knife in a Palmerston North suburb this morning.

A woman broke down as she told a coroner's inquest today she left on an element that may have sparked a fatal fire killing her mother and youngest child.

'There's some sugar here bro, and some sandwiches': Heartwarming video shows a Kiwi father and his family feeding the homeless.

A girl had to be picked up by a rescue helicopter after coming off her motorcycle at a property near Eketahuna.

An online tool has been launched to help voters match their values and concerns to candidates in three mayoral elections.

Marae, women's refuges and other social agencies have won funding to house 3000 homeless families and individuals a year in the latest

There are concerns for the wellbeing of a Palmerston North woman not seen since Friday.

A man shot in Palmerston North yesterday has now left hospital.

A body was found at a park in Palmerston North this morning. Police were called to the Esplanade shortly after 7.30am by a member