Eric McIsaac is expected to be sentenced to life in jail today for murdering his younger half-brother Alex Fisher.

Caleb Kovaleski arrested over the armed stand-off in Palmerston North has appeared in court this morning.

The former partner of the man caught by police in Palmerston North has spoken of begging him to hand himself in and imploring him to think of his children.

A woman trapped with her baby watched as armed police negotiated with a man before cutting a hole in the roof of her neighbour's house to reach him.

Caleb Kovaleski captured by police, cordons gradually being lifted in Palmerston North suburb that was in lockdown for 24 hours.

The Palmerston North suburb of Cloverlea remains in lockdown as police continue hunting wanted man Caleb Kovaleski.

Primary and kindy aged children have been reunited with parents amidst a hunt for an armed man.

A person has been killed after being struck by a train near Palmerston North this morning.

The distinctive 1965 Chrysler 300C, registration DSA652, was stolen overnight from a Palmerston North property.

The cat had two fractures in its paw, puncture wounds on both sides and there would have been 'significant pain and fear' from the trapping.

People were evacuated from one house while the other property was empty.

The sentencing of a man who abducted a 5-year-old girl as she walked to school and indecently assaulted will be delayed while an open-ended jail sentence is considered.

A 23-year-old student who beat his young girlfriend to death in Palmerston North has been sentenced to eight years in prison for manslaughter.

A family whose beloved purebred dog was stolen turned into super sleuths to track her down, using DNA from one of her puppies.

A head boy's stirring speech about racism in New Zealand has won him first place in the national final of the 2016 Race Unity Speech Awards in Auckland.

A man who fell badly while performing a motorcycle jump is believed to have suffered multiple leg fractures.

A motorcyclist nabbed doing 132km/h on a rural stretch of road and found to have been drinking has led to another stern reminder from police to drive responsibly.

Brendan Henson grabbed girl as she walked to school and assaulted her.

Mum who witnessed abduction of girl in Palmerston North four years ago says it bears striking similarities to snatching of 5-year-old last week.

The boy who fell through the skylight of a school in Palmerston North on Friday night is in a stable condition in hospital.

Friends of a 12-year-old almost killed when he fell through a skylight on a Palmerston North school roof were "distraught as hell" when police arrived.

Two heroes jumped into a swollen North Island river to save the life of a woman swept away.

A woman stranded in the swollen Manawatu River was rescued by a quick-thinking bystander and a firefighter.

Police were called to a house last night after a man reported being shot.

Eight men stationed at Linton Military Camp were hospitalised after taking an "unknown substance". Police are investigating.

A sex offender could spend the rest of his life in jail after he was sentenced today for a spate of attacks and sex crimes including rape.