Now the 58-year-old police sergeant is retiring from his post in Otaki, after 40 years of service between Christchurch and Palmerston North. At the end of June, Mr Bigwood will hang up his hat for good, going on the OE he never had in England and ...

The Dannevirke man found guilty of burglary and attempted sexual assault after hitting his victim over the head with a shovel, has been sentenced in the Palmerston North District Court. The Dannevirke man found guilty of burglary and attempted sexual ...

A netball exam prevented Napier Technical premier women's rugby backs coach Spencer Bethell from enjoying his team's Hawke's Bay-Manawatu match against Massey in Palmerston North on Saturday. However, the former Hawke's Bay Magpies winger still took ...

Bus stops from Palmerston St were relocated to Unitt St in March so that Palmerston St could be upgraded. But according to the council, bins at the temporary bus stops were overlooked and not installed. Unitt St resident Charles Lyle said the rubbish ...

The accident occurred on the Golden Bar special stage inland from Palmerston on Saturday morning, when Mr Kelsey, who earlier this season won the Rally of Whangarei and finished third in Rally Wairarapa, lost control over one of the crests that are ...

Mapleton Township - On Saturday May 26, 2012 at about 2:37am County of Wellington OPP officers received a report of a man at Palmerston & District Hospital with serious injuries. Investigation revealed that a large group of youths had attended to a ...

Westy and co-driver Chris Cobham of Palmerston North were in fourth place after the opening stages on Friday evening, 53 seconds behind leader Richard Mason. The following day West was right on the pace, winning three of the seven stages held and ...

The Nelson club has hosted the prized promotion three times and, on each occasion, the title has gone home with a Palmerston North-registered driver; Warren McIntyre in 1981, Gary Parkes in 1991 and Kelvin Gray in 2004. In January, Nelson will host the ...