A Manawatu man was seriously injured when he was struck by a motorcyclist in a hit and run incident over the weekend.

Peter Dunne spoke on the issue on NewstalkZB this morning, the United Future leader was cautiously in favour of fluoride.

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.

One person was seriously burned and taken to hospital after a house fire this morning.

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.

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.

An investigation has been launched after a 20-year-old woman was allegedly sexually assaulted in Palmerston North this morning.

A grieving mother has been left devastated after discovering items from her son's grave have been stolen from Kelvin Grove Cemetery in Palmerston North.

A Pahiatua man who took part in the organised killing of 16 sheep has pleaded guilty today in the Palmerston North District Court.

A residential street in Bulls will be cordoned off after it was discovered a mortar bomb had been used as a garden ornament for about a year.

There are increasing hotel sales and new hotel construction activity, with the industry showing signs of renewed optimism that is expected to continue into 2015, says Dean Humphries, national director of hotels at Colliers International.

A man who indecently abused young boys over nearly a decade has narrowly avoided a sentence of preventive detention.