Caleb Kovaleski captured by police, cordons gradually being lifted in Palmerston North suburb that was in lockdown for 24 hours.

The Palmerston North suburb of Cloverlea remains in lockdown as police continue hunting wanted man Caleb Kovaleski.

Primary and kindy aged children have been reunited with parents amidst a hunt for an armed man.

A person has been killed after being struck by a train near Palmerston North this morning.

Man appeals sentence for beating girlfriend to death.

A Shannon farmer has been convicted for a second time of neglecting his calves, this time resulting in two deaths.

The distinctive 1965 Chrysler 300C, registration DSA652, was stolen overnight from a Palmerston North property.

The cat had two fractures in its paw, puncture wounds on both sides and there would have been 'significant pain and fear' from the trapping.

A 23-year-old student who beat his young girlfriend to death in Palmerston North has been sentenced to eight years in prison for manslaughter.

A family whose beloved purebred dog was stolen turned into super sleuths to track her down, using DNA from one of her puppies.

A head boy's stirring speech about racism in New Zealand has won him first place in the national final of the 2016 Race Unity Speech Awards in Auckland.

A man who fell badly while performing a motorcycle jump is believed to have suffered multiple leg fractures.

A motorcyclist nabbed doing 132km/h on a rural stretch of road and found to have been drinking has led to another stern reminder from police to drive responsibly.

Police are shocked with the actions of a motorcyclist who sped through a stretch of road that only hours before had claimed the life of a man in a horror truck crash.

Two teenage men have been arrested and charged following the aggravated robbery of a petrol station near Palmerston North.

Brendan Henson grabbed girl as she walked to school and assaulted her.

The boy who fell through the skylight of a school in Palmerston North on Friday night is in a stable condition in hospital.

Friends of a 12-year-old almost killed when he fell through a skylight on a Palmerston North school roof were "distraught as hell" when police arrived.

Two heroes jumped into a swollen North Island river to save the life of a woman swept away.

A woman stranded in the swollen Manawatu River was rescued by a quick-thinking bystander and a firefighter.

Police were called to a house last night after a man reported being shot.

Eight men stationed at Linton Military Camp were hospitalised after taking an "unknown substance". Police are investigating.

A sex offender could spend the rest of his life in jail after he was sentenced today for a spate of attacks and sex crimes including rape.

A woman died after a crash between a motorcycle and a car on Sunday afternoon, taking the weekend's road toll to five.

The family of a dead teenager are upset that their local council have attempted to cover his headstone, which bears song titles containing expletives.

The man accused of shooting two police stations has appeared in the Palmerston North District Court.

Firefighters were called to the scene of a blaze at the Milson Foundry in Palmerston North this afternoon.