The whanau of a 13-year old girl have spoken of how her death last year has left them "with shattered dreams, struggling, broken, and torn apart".

The two victims who died tragically during a house fire in Exeter Crescent, Palmerston North early on Thursday have been named.

This small North Island city is home to more than 100 cultures, finds Elisabeth Easther.

Officials have cleared a childhood centre of wrongdoing after two pre-schoolers unbolted a gate and wandered across a busy road.

The motivations of a man who fired shots at two Palmerston North police stations last night remain unclear, police say.

A police officer's bizarre Satanic assault claim that shocked New Zealand in 1996 is headed for the small screen.

A man whose body was found outside a block of flats in Palmerston North last week has been identified as Samuel Peter Culling.

Police are moving into the second phase of a homicide investigation after a man's body was found outside a Manawatu block of units yesterday.

A homicide investigation is underway in Manawatu following the discovery of a body outside a block of units this morning.

Pupils at a Palmerston North school have paid an emotional and touching tribute to a well-respected teacher who died last week.

A man has been arrested after a gun was fired during a fight in Waitarere Beach last night.

Motorists braved flames to free a driver and three passengers from a burning vehicle involved in a fatal crash near Palmerston North.

A person is believed to be dead after two cars crashed and one caught fire near Palmerston North today.

A Manawatu man was seriously injured when he was struck by a motorcyclist in a hit and run incident over the weekend.

Peter Dunne spoke on the issue on NewstalkZB this morning, the United Future leader was cautiously in favour of fluoride.

Police want to speak to the driver of a van after two people died in a head-on crash on State Highway Three near Marton this afternoon.

The heroic actions of a farmer who pulled a 17-year-old man from a burning car following a crash, have been praised by police.

A new police code of conduct sets out the high expectations for all police staff, the commissioner says.

One person was seriously burned and taken to hospital after a house fire this morning.

Shareena Sandbrook is a director and marketing manager of Palmerston North-based parking technology firm Frogparking.

A forensic scientist was concerned about the possibility that police footwear may have contaminated the murder scene.