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Police have arrested a second person over a Flaxmere man's alleged murder in February last year

24 February 2026

Police have arrested a second person over a Flaxmere man's alleged murder in February last year

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American golfer Austen Truslow beats 17-year-old Christchurch amateur Cooper Moore by three shots to claim NZ PGA Championship
	23 Feb: American golfer Austen Truslow has beaten 17-year-old Christchurch amateur Cooper Moore by three shots to claim the New Zealand PGA Championship at Paraparaumu... more

Fundraising's underway for a potentially lifesaving surgical robot in the Manawatu
	22 Feb: Fundraising's underway for a potentially lifesaving surgical robot in the Manawatu... more

Three people were taken to hospital after a chemical incident in Levin last night
	20 Feb: Three people were taken to hospital after a chemical incident in Levin last night... more

Police are appealing for information, as they investigate the death of a five-year-old boy who was found dead in the water in Napier
	20 Feb: Police are appealing for information, as they investigate the death of a five-year-old boy who was found dead in the water in Napier... more

St John is assessing 19 patients after a chemical incident in Horowhenua's Levin this evening
	19 Feb: St John is assessing 19 patients after a chemical incident in Horowhenua's Levin this evening... more

Residents due to be hit by heavy rain and severe gales are being warned to act now
	15 Feb: Residents due to be hit by heavy rain and severe gales are being warned to act now... more

The Warriors are adamant their 33-18 pre-season loss to Manly in Napier won't have any bearing on their NRL prospects
	15 Feb: The Warriors are adamant their 33-18 pre-season loss to Manly in Napier won't have any bearing on their NRL prospects... more

Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others
	11 Feb: Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others... more

Police are asking for any footage related to a stabbing in Hastings about 3.30am on Saturday
	11 Feb: Police are asking for any footage related to a stabbing in Hastings about 3.30am on Saturday... more

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Most Popular Recent Lower North Island News

11 Feb: Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others +++++++++++++++++

09 Feb: Police are treating the discovery of a 64-year-old woman's body at a worksite on Taihape Road 0 in Omahu - near Hastings last week, as a homicide +++++++++++++

04 Feb: Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed a fatal assault outside a Napier nightclub, to come forward +++++++++++

03 Feb: Police have launched an investigation after a body was found at a work site in Omahu near Hastings ++++++++++

27 Jan: Thousands of people have reported feeling a magnitude 4.5 earthquake near the capital this afternoon ++++++++++

10 Feb: One person is being flown to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition - after a house fire on a hillside between Eskdale and Bay View in Hawke's Bay ++++++++++

15 Feb: Residents due to be hit by heavy rain and severe gales are being warned to act now +++++++++

Lower North Island NewsLinks

20 Feb: Confusion over who is meant to deal with ongoing power cuts (RadioNZ)

18 Feb: Wellington and lower north island still without power days after weather bomb (RadioNZ)

17 Feb: Live weather: river breaches banks, floods close highways in canterbury (RadioNZ)

17 Feb: Live weather: floods close roads around banks peninsula as downpour moves south (RadioNZ)

16 Feb: Lower north island communities cut off by ‘unprecedented’ flooding (Stuff.co.nz)

16 Feb: ‘we just couldn’t cope’: residents dig out drains after lower hutt suburb submerged by flooding (Stuff.co.nz)

16 Feb: Winds gust to 240km/h on lower north island's east coast (RadioNZ)

16 Feb: Wind gusts measuring up to 240km/h recorded on lower north island's east coast (RadioNZ)

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