One person has been taken to the emergency department following a three-way car crash in Palmerston North this morning.

A man armed with a knife has robbed a service station in Palmerston North, making off with tobacco and cash.

The anatomy of an abduction on a quiet suburban Palmerston North street.

Eric McIsaac is yet to reveal his inner-most secret - why he killed his younger half-brother Alex Fisher.

The man who snatched a 5-year-old girl off the street and indecently assaulted her has been jailed for eight years.

Eric McIsaac must serve at least 14 years behind bars for bludgeoning 10-year-old brother with wood splitter while he slept.

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.

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.

Man appeals sentence for beating girlfriend to death.

A Shannon farmer has been convicted for a second time of neglecting his calves, this time resulting in two deaths.

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.

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.

Police are shocked with the actions of a motorcyclist who sped through a stretch of road that only hours before had claimed the life of a man in a horror truck crash.

Two teenage men have been arrested and charged following the aggravated robbery of a petrol station near Palmerston North.

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.