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- SH56 to close during January
One of the main roads into Palmerston North will be closed for two months early next year while Waka Kotahi NZ Trasnport Authority carries out maintenance work.
- Readopoly fun launches
Manawatū Community Hub Libraries launched its summer reading programme Readopoly last week.
- Lifting the lid on contest winners
Manawatū District Council Mayor Helen Worboys had some exciting news to deliver to two different schools as part of the ‘lid collection’ competition last week.
- Piano magic set for arboretum event
Awhite baby grand piano will be played in the middle of Victoria Esplanade Arboretum in Palmerston North early next year.
- Kopane school prepares for centennial
Kopane School, a small rural primary school in Rongotea, is planning celebrations to mark its 100-year centennary on March 21-23 next year.
- Rees rises amidst racing chaos
It is incredibly tight at the top of the premier class after the second round of three in the 2024 Suzuki International Series in the Manawatu at the weekend.
- Ohakea Hall’s historic flight begins
For years Ohakea Hall sat a derelict building down a discreet road, quietly waiting for a new purpose.
- Dumping of toll plans good news
News the Government has back-tracked on tolling the new Manawatū-Tararua Highway has been welcomed by Rangitīkei MP Suze Redmayne and Wairarapa MP Mike Butterick.
- Awards to help local athletes reach new world heights
Four Palmerston North athletes - a gymnast, a skier and two canoe polo players - have been awarded $5,000 each from the Jaycee Trust Travelling Fellowship Scheme to support their journeys in representing New Zealand on the world stage.
- Library reef a ‘vibrant display of creativity’
A part of the Palmerston North Central Library has been transformed into the Wooly Riot Community Reef, a vibrant display of creativity and community spirit, crafted by dedicated local volunteers from very young to youthfully old.
Featured documents
- Some advice on organising enduring power of attorney
There are two types of enduring power of attorney (EPA). When arranging an EPA for yourself, it is up to you to decide whether to have one person who has enduring power of attorney for both your personal care and welfare and your property — or have two powers of attorney....
- MIHINGARANGI FORBES
‘The majority of hatred towards me is aimed at my being a Māori woman.’
Mihingarangi Forbes — Ngāti Paoa, Ngāti Maniapoto — is a broadcaster and producer whose career began with an internship at Te Karere. Since then Forbes has worked for Campbell Live, Native Affairs and for the past seven years has anchored current affairs programme The Hui. Forbes’ most recent...
- New Zealand Rural Sports Awards
The finalists for the 2024 Ford New Zealand Rural Sports Awards have been announced....
- Horizons candidates have their say
1. Why should people vote for you?...
- Horizons candidates have their say
1. Why should people vote for you?...
- Focus on triplets impresses judges
Holy crap. That’s what Alicia August said to her husband Gareth at the first scan showing three separate heartbeats. Their emotions went through the roof — surprise, happiness, elation, fear....
- We’re 50 years old!
Of knights and explorers — how the Guardian began
Rangitāne ancestor Whātonga was brave, travelling across the Pacific Ocean to Aotearoa....
- Race caller signs off after 60 years
His unflappable voice was instantly recognisable to a generation of racegoers. After more than half a century in the judge’s box Dick Hunt made his final call at the Levin Racing Club meeting at Ōtaki the weekend before last....
- Marathon effort towards recovery
Still nursing horrific injuries suffered when he fell 12 metres at work, a routine follow-up call from a surgeon may have saved a Palmerston North man’s mobility....
- Imaginative tribute to maker of Tolkien movie
It’s a tale with nearly as many worlds and creatures as a Tolkien novel, but at its centre is Palmerston North artist Darcelle Nesser....
