A pair of people riding a dirt bike on the footpath in Gonville snatched a woman's handbag as they went past. Boston Baker is one

A retirement village employee stole a credit card from an elderly client to help her partner pay off his drug debts. The elderly

A man has denied ramming a police car with a ute in Marton. Christopher Malcolm Duane Muir, 35, pleaded not guilty in the Whanganui

After farming sheep, cattle and goats and filling many roles on national bodies rural Whanganui man Jeremy Austin is looking to become

Heavy snowfalls in the central north island is not all bad news: skiers and boarders are experiencing the best conditions for years on Mt Ruapehu.

An armed man who robbed a bar in Palmerston North yesterday fell over in the street and may have taken his shirt off in a scrambled getaway in near-freezing temperatures.

Rangitikei District councillor Mike Jones will not stand for re-election this year after three terms in the position. Councillor

Archibald and Arabella McGurkinshaw are ready to head off to the Rio Olympics - although they may not get far, considering they're

Falling off a toilet, accidentally sticking themselves with a used needle, and running into a parked truck are all injuries Whanganui

An intersection punch up has earned one man a supervision and community work. Rewi James Peke, 24, was working the night shift at

A dog whose owner died last year was mysteriously found sitting in the back seat of a woman's car with a window smashed but nothing stolen.

A supervisory sentence has been imposed to help a man's drinking issues after he chased someone to their house and tried to break

A man was caught in the process of pushing a stolen car down a driveway and trying to start it, a court has been told. Jacob Matthew

"Oh, whatever," a man said when police questioned him about a threatening voicemail message he left someone. Carlos John Michael

An off-duty police officer grocery shopping with his children was "not so tough" without his uniform on, reckoned an offender.

A man who illegally hunted a stag was told he could hunt on a property in that area, but not that one, his lawyer says. "My instructions

A man who was "literally taken for a ride" on a burglary trip has been sentenced to prison. Dean Eaton was with a group of people

A man will appear in court this week after allegedly rolling his car onto its roof while over the drink driving limit. A police spokesman

Four people were arrested and charged with drug offences following search warrants this week. Police carried out six searches in

A woman managed to trick a supermarket self-service checkout machine to recognise a $20 meat pack as 89 cents worth of onions.

Police have accepted a woman who published sexual abuse victims' names on Facebook did not know there was a suppression order. Nicola

A blazing wheelie bin, exploding spaghetti, and a hunt for the culprit through the dark streets of Whanganui made for an eventful

It was a "slight error of judgement" when Phillip James Shand picked up an air rifle and fired it at his neighbour's house. That

Young people have been out at "ungodly hours" playing Pokémon Go, Whanganui Police say. Senior Sergeant Andrew McDonald said police

A man who tried to use Old Testament bible verses to justify sexually abusing a teenager has been found guilty of his crimes.

A story a Whanganui teenager wrote about being sexually abused was nothing but a piece of fiction, a defence lawyer says. The girl

Alleged sex offender Wytse De Vries would pray with the complainant when she went to bed, then return later in the night to indecently

A Whanganui man used Old Testament bible verses to say his alleged sexual abuse against a teenager was consensual, a court has heard.

A man who allegedly tried to grab a police officer's taser has been declined bail. Shane Oswald Solomon is accused of disorderly

A man who received stolen tools worth more than $1600 tried to sell them at Cash Converters for $150. Brad Haig Freddrick Johnston