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Crime-fighting tech CEO gives $30k to future founders Retail crime costs New Zealand retailers billions of dollars a year, but one homegrown company has become a worldwide force in fighting it. More than [...]

Rating agencies agree with Kapiti mayor on downsides of rates cap Kāpiti Mayor Janet Holborow has found a raft of views that align with hers on the shortsightedness of applying an arbitrary rates cap. Mayor Holborow [...]

Manawatu Art Awards 2026 The Fielding Art Society are calling for entries into the Manawatu Art Awards 2026! Artists, this is your chance to showcase your creativity and compete [...]

Mental health provider warns child poverty crisis will scar a generation A Kāpiti-Mana mental health provider says New Zealand’s worsening child poverty figures should be treated as a mental health warning, not simply an economic statistic. [...]

Stolen Car vs House – Palmerston North A person has been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a home in Palmerston North on Thursday. Emergency services were called to the [...]

Update: Arrest after man hit by car Acting Detective Sergeant Grant Christian says a man has been arrested in relation to anti-social road user activity near Feilding which left a man in [...]

Kapiti Architectural Designs celebrated at ADNZ Awards Kāpiti architect Ben Gilpin featured twice among Eight incredible Wellington architectural designs that were celebrated on Friday night at the regional 2026 ADNZ Resene Architectural [...]

Police appeal after man hit by car during anti-social road user event in Manawatū A man is in a critical condition in hospital after being hit by a car during an anti-social road user event in Manawatū in the [...]

Two young teens arrested – fleeing driver hits police officer Central District Commander Superintendent Dion Bennett says a police officer remains in a critical condition after being hit by a fleeing driver in Palmerston North [...]