Latest from Palmerston North

Shared pink pipes carry information across region

A key $20 million communication infrastructure project is now complete.

South Taranaki man promoted to Sergeant Major of NZ Army

Wiremu Moffitt has gone from Auckland to Waverley to Patea to Palmerston North.

Hockey: Whanganui girls win national title with Central, while boys finish runnersup

Excitement and heartbreak in Wellington.

Workshop aims to improve art teachers' techniques

Graham Hall tells all about the techniques he has learned in a long printmaking career.

Football: Derby drought frustrates Whanganui rivals

Whanganui rivals in consecutive stalemates.

Hockey: Whanganui lose first time this year to HSHC A

Crucial ten minute period late in third quarter proves costly.

Football: Palmerston North Marist hold off Whanganui 1-0 in Women's Federation League

Home side can't quite finish when it counts to find the back of the net.

Proceedings issued against firms behind Taihape Area School

They were issued in 2014 and two Whanganui companies are among them

Football: Athletic earn back-to-back wins as derby looms

Athletic put three past Hokowhitu

Locals show support for refugees

Big increase in locals at Refugee Day celebration. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

City must not be broken by losing Bell

A tough Federation League and Cup campaign just got tougher without inspirational leader.

Greyhounds: Afternoon racing at Hatrick to qualify for NZRS final

Starts from lunchtime onwards.

Racing: Gillies on a roll

Mathew Gillies has been enjoying a great run of form in recent weeks.

Step towards intensive-farming change

Councillors finally make a move toward changing One Plan intensive farming rules.

Whanganui's dark, cold, isolated, risky bus shelter is a heritage building we don't need

NZ's most out-of-the-way, antiquated, rundown and least attractive inter-city bus station.

Hockey: Whanganui men win eyeing up unbeaten Premier Reserve campaign

One more game to go for unblemished record before being promoted to Middle Division.

Football: Wanganui Athletic slip up in the wet against New Plymouth Rangers

A miserable day not made better by the lack of hospitality for a visiting team.

Truck and car crash blocks road near Palmerston North

The crash happened at an intersection on State Highway 3.