The call came last January when Tammam Tamim was at home with his family.

A man is in custody after attacking a woman with a knife in a Palmerston North suburb this morning.

A woman broke down as she told a coroner's inquest today she left on an element that may have sparked a fatal fire killing her mother and youngest child.

'There's some sugar here bro, and some sandwiches': Heartwarming video shows a Kiwi father and his family feeding the homeless.

A girl had to be picked up by a rescue helicopter after coming off her motorcycle at a property near Eketahuna.

An online tool has been launched to help voters match their values and concerns to candidates in three mayoral elections.

Marae, women's refuges and other social agencies have won funding to house 3000 homeless families and individuals a year in the latest

There are concerns for the wellbeing of a Palmerston North woman not seen since Friday.

A man shot in Palmerston North yesterday has now left hospital.

More than half of New Zealand's 41,000 homeless people are now families with children, according to new Otago University research.

New Zealanders will light up the darkness on 17 mountaintops next month as a message of hope for families struggling to cope with suicides by loved ones.

Two fire engines put out a car fire in Palmerston North this evening.

A woman who fell from a horse was picked up by the Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter and airlifted to hospital today.

Police are looking for information to hunt down the "brazen" men responsible for an aggravated robbery in Palmerston North.

A car has rolled after a crash in Palmerston North.

An armed man who robbed a bar in Palmerston North yesterday fell over in the street and may have taken his shirt off in a scrambled getaway in near-freezing temperatures.

Police have made two arrests in relation to two aggravated robberies in Palmerston North, but are still on the lookout for other offenders.

A woman is in hospital after a sex assault in Palmerston North overnight.

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.

A woman trapped with her baby watched as armed police negotiated with a man before cutting a hole in the roof of her neighbour's house to reach him.

Caleb Kovaleski captured by police, cordons gradually being lifted in Palmerston North suburb that was in lockdown for 24 hours.

The Palmerston North suburb of Cloverlea remains in lockdown as police continue hunting wanted man Caleb Kovaleski.