Latest from Palmerston North

Bluegrass duo home for Christmas

Told learning to play a banjo was too hard. That was red rag to a bull.

Urology patient concerned by constant travel

A Whanganui cancer patient has had to make five return trips to Palmerston North in a month for treatment that he said was previously

Hit-and-run victim awake and speaking

Whanganui hit-and-run victim Jesse Minnell has woken up and is speaking, his mother says.

Autistic teen's imprisonment 'outrageous'

A severely autistic young man is being held in prison because disabilty service providers cannot find an alternative place for him to go.

Whanganui kids join in Rise Up camp

Whanganui kids had the chance to go caving, play sports, and do activities with the fire service, police and army in the New Zealand

'He asked if I would write to him in jail'

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.

Drink driver blames sick grandmother

Missing man found alive in hay barn

A missing Rangitikei man, who hasn't been seen for a week, has been found in a hay barn, police say.

Little effect from RTD alcohol limits