Central police communications Inspector John Spence said two trucks and a car were involved in the accident.

Police have launched an investigation into a "brazen" sexual assault of a 71-year-old woman in her Palmerston North home last night.

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.

A man is dead after a shooting in Palmerston North last night. A police spokesman said the shooting occurred on Bradford Place in Awapuni around 7pm.

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.

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.

Forensic scientist defends the method used to gather and test evidence during the Christine and Amber murder inquiry.

An officer who was criticised for his decision to not call 111 following the collapse of a soldier has stood by his actions at a coronial inquest today.

Mark Lundy told police a silver bracelet found in his car after the brutal murder of his wife and daughter must have been left there when his wife accompanied him on a business trip.

A police expert is defending her analysis of the distances Mark Lundy travelled in the days before his wife and daughter were murdered in their Palmerston North home.

Air New Zealand has confirmed it will operate its next $29 Night Rider service between Palmerston North and Auckland.

Police have named the man who died in a crash on SH3 near Bulls this morning. He was Shane Edgecombe, 20, of Wanganui.

A pedestrian has died near Tauranga, one man was found dead in his car near Palmerston North and four people were injured in a head-on collision in south Waikato.

One person died and another suffered serious injuries following a crash west of Palmerston North yesterday, which saw a car flip onto its roof.