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

A man who slaughtered two of his ex-employer's sheep said he was taking "one for me and one for my friend". Jason Mathew Work stopped

A woman who "pushed her way in" to someone's house and attacked the occupant over a dog has been given a supervision sentence. Cathryn

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

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

A sow breaking free from her burning pen alerted her owner to the fire catching onto the side of his house. The fire started in an

She's described as a positive young girl with stage four cancer. An auction of sports star's gear is hoped to raise money to help with her treatment.

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

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

An man who allegedly assaulted an ungrateful drunk appeared in court on Tuesday. Peter George Flesher at a property on July 16, where

Dragging his partner by the hair and banging her face against a wooden pole has earned a man a community work sentence. Shane Manson

If she sewed her pyjama buttons together, a rural Whanganui teenager hoped Wytse De Vries wouldn't come into her bedroom at night

NO SUPPRESSION ORDERS A victim who received a roll of tape instead of the shearing tool he paid $700 for will be paid back. Gregory

A man who allegedly rammed a stolen car into a police vehicle - injuring the officer inside - before running off, has been found by police.