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Truck crash closes Feilding road

The road is expected to be closed until at least 6.30pm.

Little emerges from Ratana unscathed

Labour's visit to Ratana Pa today was a relatively quiet one - the fireworks instead came from Gareth Morgan.

Little dismisses Mana as 'irrelevant'

Labour leader Andrew Little has all but ruled out forming a post-election coalition with the Maori Party or Mana Movement.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Soap box derby bigger every year

Whanganui's annual Soapbox derby has been running for four years. And each year it gets more popular with local kids - and kids at heart. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Bill English welcomed on to Ratana Pa

Bill English's arrival this afternoon was uneventful compared to his first Ratana visit in 2002 - also the first by a National Party leader.

Two killed in Manawatu truck crash

State Highway 2 has been closed since the early hours of this morning following a fatal crash near Norsewood.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Whangamomona wakes up to new president... and he's nice!

"We will stop paying rates to Horizons, and use the money to fund free beer on Sundays!" Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Watch NZH Local Focus: WW2 era DC3 lands in Whanganui

A rare 1945 Douglas DC3, owned by Air Chathams, and touched down at Whanganui Airport. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Watch NZH Local Focus: WW2 era DC3 lands in Whanganui

A rare 1945 Douglas DC3, owned by Air Chathams, and touched down at Whanganui Airport. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Watch NZH Local Focus: Stretching your real estate dollar in New Zealand's cheapest city

Look at what you can get for your real estate dollar in Whanganui, New Zealand's most affordable city. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Truck rolls in Manawatu

A truck driver has escaped with minor injuries after his vehicle rolled in Manawatu. It happened around 6.30 this morning on Halcombe

'Gay hate crime' claims unfounded

Queensland Police have found no evidence a New Zealand man found under an Australian bridge was seriously injured in a "gay hate crime" as his husband alleged.

Nowhere for arrested autistic teen to go

The case of a 14-year-old autistic boy being held in police cells overnight because there was nowhere else to put him is "appalling", an autism advocate says.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Get a free driver's license in Taumarunui

Almost 100 young people will get free restricted licences in Taumarunui, getting them off the street and into employment. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Watch NZH Local Focus: 'My way of saying thank you'

Watch NZH Local Focus: Daniel Lee is walking the length of New Zealand to raise money for the rescue helicopter that helped save his life.

Watch NZH Local Focus: 'My way of saying thank you'

23-year-old Daniel Lee is walking the length of New Zealand to raise funds for the rescue helicopter that saved his life as a child. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

'I'm not sorry he has gone'

The man killed after pointing a shotgun at police didn't "get in with a bad crowd, he was the bad crowd" says elderly victim's daughter.

One dead, one critical in Manawatu crash

One person has died after a car and truck collided on State Highway 3 in Manawatu this evening.