Cordons remain in place in Foxton this morning following reports of gunshots in the small Manawatu town last night.

Police will remain in Foxton overnight following reports of gunshots in the small Manawatu town.

Police have received reports of people going door to door in Palmerston North and surrounding areas, claiming to be from the Earthquake Commission or council.

Concerns that students who could potentially be quality vets are being turned away has prompted Massey Uni to give the qualification a major overhaul.

A schoolboy missing from his Palmerston North home has been found.

Police are searching for an 11-year-old boy who went missing this evening from his Palmerston North home.

Armed police and negotiators have swooped on a Palmerston North property after a person fire an air rifle from a house.

A Whanganui cancer patient has had to make five return trips to Palmerston North in a month for treatment that he said was previously

A brazen aggravated robbery by three men in Palmerston North has left one person injured

Christine Smith, who is 38 weeks pregnant, went missing from Palmerston North Hospital this afternoon.

Whanganui hit-and-run victim Jesse Minnell has woken up and is speaking, his mother says.

An 11-year-old boy was injured after crashing his motorbike into a cow.

Foisting a young man who has serious challenges on the criminal justice system was not appropriate, a judge said today.

A severely autistic young man is being held in prison because disabilty service providers cannot find an alternative place for him to go.

Budgeting agencies are "in shock" after a radical shakeup which has ended state funding for a third of all previously funded budget

The Woodville community is coming together for the sake of an old railway station under threat. And Kiwi Rail seems likely to agree. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

A man fined for giving police a false tip on the Scott Guy murder case five years ago was back in court today on other charges.

Four people, one armed with a gun, have robbed a bar in Palmerston North.

A woman broke down as she told a coroner's inquest today she left on an element that may have sparked a fatal fire killing her mother and youngest child.

'There's some sugar here bro, and some sandwiches': Heartwarming video shows a Kiwi father and his family feeding the homeless.

A girl had to be picked up by a rescue helicopter after coming off her motorcycle at a property near Eketahuna.

An online tool has been launched to help voters match their values and concerns to candidates in three mayoral elections.

Marae, women's refuges and other social agencies have won funding to house 3000 homeless families and individuals a year in the latest

There are concerns for the wellbeing of a Palmerston North woman not seen since Friday.

A man shot in Palmerston North yesterday has now left hospital.

A body was found at a park in Palmerston North this morning. Police were called to the Esplanade shortly after 7.30am by a member

A man has fallen off the roof of a Palmerston North bar after being denied entry.

More than half of New Zealand's 41,000 homeless people are now families with children, according to new Otago University research.

New Zealanders will light up the darkness on 17 mountaintops next month as a message of hope for families struggling to cope with suicides by loved ones.

Two fire engines put out a car fire in Palmerston North this evening.