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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.

For years Ohakea Hall sat a derelict building down a discreet road, quietly waiting for a new purpose.

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.

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.

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.

LOOKING FOR A LITTLE HELP to look and feel younger?

Christmas is almost here, and it’s a good time to reflect on the year that has been.

New Zealand recycling week might have come and gone, but nothing much changes for a Palmerston North couple who live by a reusable philosophy all year round.

Rock bands have asked to film music videos in it. Couples have wanted to get married in it. Vandals have tried to destroy it. Yet the Hoffman Kiln, a unique part of Palmerston North history, lives on.

Manawatū Guardian Te Reo Word of the Week — Kia ako tatou i te reo Māori.

Rangitāne ancestor Whātonga was brave, travelling across the Pacific Ocean to Aotearoa.

Being sent to pick up a “long weight” or a “bevelled edge chalk line” can be a bit of a tradition with a new apprentice as a way of breaking the ice with a bit of harmless banter.

This is the final edition of the Manawatū Guardian newspaper. A sincere thank you to our advertisers for their support, and to our readers for helping us share your stories — our stories.

Old copies of Manawatū Guardian will be sent to Palmerston North City Library for safe-keeping.

This year in politics has, to me, been defined by two issues. One is the attempt by this Government to rewrite Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and the other is Israel’s systematic attack on Palestinians, tens of thousands of whom have been slaughtered while the world looks on. Both strike at the heart of peace and justice.

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The ‘curtain call’ line-up for the region’s 2024 community theatre productions is out.

The Guardian comes to you in an effort to bridge the gap that has existed for 10 years in the district since the Manawatū Daily Times ceased publication in April, 1962.

Just when you thought the Hiwinui School Fun Car Day couldn’t get any more cool, in flies a Defence Force Helicopter from Ohakea and it lands on the school field.

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.

Manawatū Community Hub Libraries launched its summer reading programme Readopoly last week.

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.

Awhite baby grand piano will be played in the middle of Victoria Esplanade Arboretum in Palmerston North early next year.

Kopane School, a small rural primary school in Rongotea, is planning celebrations to mark its 100-year centennary on March 21-23 next year.

Palmerston North City Council’s latest initiative to reduce the carbon emissions from the facilities and services we provide is now up and running, with new solar panels set to power our Awapuni Recycling Centre over the coming decades.

The fertile plains of Rangitīkei in the Manawatū region of New Zealand can lay claim to having nurtured the fastest racehorse in the world.

The fertile plains of Rangitīkei in the Manawatū region of New Zealand can lay claim to having nurtured the fastest racehorse in the world.

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Three significant Manawatū sites - including Te Marae o Hine The Square - feature in a new book called Pilgrimage Aotearoa - Haerenga Tapu Aotearoa.

Farmers are being urged to keep up to date with measures to control C. ovis — sheep measles — after the Ovis Management programme reported a spike in infection rates.