Jimmy Ellingham

In the age of shrinking attention spans, one Palmerston North teenager has just opened a second-hand bookstore. After months of preparation, 15-year-old Pari Rao opened Olive Books in time for the… Audio

To local government elections, and you've got until Saturday to pop your vote in one of the many ballot boxes which can be found at some supermarkets, libraries, and council buildings.

You can still… Audio

Palmerston North - a city of more than 90,000 people - is facing some hefty issues.

A new wastewater scheme could cost nearly half a billion dollars, there is a shortage of housing, and the city's… Audio

A heavily pregnant woman in her 20s, and her unborn child, died at Palmerston North Hospital after hours of delay admitting her to intensive care.

The coroner is investigating the deaths which… Audio

A damp autumn, wet winter and stormy spring have left one of New Zealand's most isolated roading networks in need of urgent repairs.

Roads in the eastern Tararua District of the lower North Island… Video, Audio

A group of caregivers is seeking a judicial review of the health workers' mandate, after losing thousands of dollars in payments. The workers, who mostly look after family members they live with, had… Audio

Parents rushing their sick children to Palmerston North Hospital's under-pressure emergency department will soon be able sit away from the weekend drunks and other distractions.

Design work has begun… Audio

While the Black Caps foundered in Australia, another New Zealand cricket team was sweeping all before it across the Tasman.

The national over-60s men's team has made today's final of the veterans'… Audio

New Zealand's over-60s cricket team has its eye on the first ever veterans' world cup trophy. The senior squad has qualified for the final against Paksitan today. Andrew Nuttall is part of the New… Audio

The North Island town of Bulls is the epitome of local government apathy.

Its district councillors have been elected unopposed and turnout in a recent by-election was barely over 15 percent.

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Palmerston North has a poo problem. Every evening thousands of birds fly into the centre of the city to sleep for the night, and their droppings fall on unsuspecting parked cars and pedestrians.

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Wellington businesses whose takings were crippled by the Parliamentary occupation earlier this year feared another slow day because of the protest yesterday.

In the end takings were down, but the… Audio

Mark Lundy has been denied parole today after serving his minimum term of 20 years for the August 2000 murders of his wife Christine and daughter Amber in Palmerston North.

At Tongariro Prison today… Video, Audio

The Environment Minister David Parker has opened the Ohakea Rural Water Scheme, ending years of uncertainty for local residents. In 2017, households near the Manawatu town of Sanson were told their… Audio

One of three teenage girls involved in the violent home invasion of a 90-year-old Levin woman, who later died of her injuries, is back in court, charged with robbery.

Grace Virtue died 25 days after… Audio

A watchdog group has discovered that a former patient of Lake Alice's child and adolescent unit was just five when he was sent to the notorious psychatric hospital near Marton.

The man's medical… Audio

A street in Levin remains cordoned off this morning as police deal with what they're calling an "ongoing incident" which resulted in the evacuation of many of the street's residents last night.

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