Kids' wishes draw responses
The aspirations of Roslyn School students flew up to 100 kilometres away and landed with some appropriate recipients during the past week.Porn man's identity revealed
By BRONWYN TORRIE - The Manawatu Standard
The identity of a prominent Manawatu man who downloaded thousands of pornographic images of children has been publicly outed by an internet blogger.
Papers reveal service cut plan
By JANINE RANKIN - The Manawatu Standard
Hospital beds at Horowhenua, Palmerston North Hospital's rehabilitation ward and sexual health and diabetes services could be chopped in MidCentral Health's attempt to claw back a forecast $8.9 million deficit this year.
Railway land gets reserve status
By GRANT MILLER - The Manawatu Standard
What remains of former railway land in Palmerston North is set to be protected as a recreational reserve.
Budget cut leaves group in dark
By GRANT MILLER - The Manawatu Standard
Neighbourhood Support, which has lost nearly a third of its Palmerston North City Council funding for the next three years, must wait to see if councillors give it a top-up.
Prevention a great policy
The campaign to protect pregnant women, the morbidly obese and vulnerable children aged six months to five years against swine flu swung into gear in the MidCentral Health region this week.
Motorcycle celebration in Palmy
Hundreds of motorcyclists and moped riders are expected to gather in Palmerston North on Friday to celebrate a surge in the vehicles' popularity.
'Natural and nicer' way
Kids' wishes draw responses
Action at Turakina
The annual Turakina Highland Games had some strong levels of competition with competitors coming from all over the North Island to take part during the weekend.
Free lunch for city teens
Teens may have caused some trouble in Palmerston North over the summer holidays, but all their discretions were forgotten over a free feed of fish and chips in The Square.
Croquet results
Choral Society update
Croquet
Croquet Manawatu
Golf Croquet Interclub Competition - Week 1
Manawatu clinch Hawke Cup
Manawatu's first-innings win in the Hawke Cup challenge at Napier yesterday was splendid enough – but defending it presents an added challenge.
Fitzherbert wicket in doubt for cup clash
Manawatu might have to defend the Hawke Cup at Manawaroa Park in 10 days' time against Bay of Plenty.
Loyal servants of the game
Youngheart drop way down table
Suspended player claims assault
Cory Chettleburgh has admitted he should have kept his mouth shut during a bizarre, heated incident in YoungHeart Manawatu's loss to Canterbury United at Christchurch on Sunday.
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Flying new flag a step forward
Waitangi Day passed with little more than a whimper this year, partly because it fell on a Saturday, and partly because the simmering political tensions that have boiled over in the past have cooled somewhat.
Open justice gets thrown aside
If there were any lingering doubts that the guidelines for suppressing names in this country needed strengthening, the case detailed in today's Manawatu Standard should shatter them.
Not much 'closure' for the Pike family
Head-scratching suppression
Slater's example is not one to follow
An internet blogger should be roundly condemned for publishing the name of a prominent Manawatu man granted name suppression after admitting downloading thousands of child porn images.
Renaissance breaches bank loan
Renaissance Corporation says it has breached one of the terms of its bank loans and its new CEO is conducting a full review of the technology product distributor and retailer's operations.
Dollar halts downward slide
The New Zealand dollar managed to arrest a downward slide against US dollar today, as exporters fought against the kiwi being sold off heavily.
Retailers warned over small print
Deutsche eyes NZ's Craigs Investment
Dairy cow numbers soar
Sheep numbers have continued to fall, dairy cow numbers are rising and grain crops increased markedly, latest agricultural production figures show.
Vet scheme expansion
A new wider cash bonus for veterinary graduates, who work with farm animals, could make rural practice more inviting.
Weather hits shearing
It's meant the season has been a stop-start affair, while the sale of wool only covers the costs of shearing.
All that water is just gold
New kid on the organic block
It's flystrike season again
The continuing wet and warm weather is the perfect storm for flystrike, and it is likely to be having an impact on lambs in the region, says farm advisor Garry Massicks from Feilding-based Stantiall and Keeling.
Labour's man gets around
Iain Lees-Galloway is always up for a good cause, Grant Miller writes.
A cut above
Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke is a bundle of energy and hairdressing expertise. Emma Goodwin asks what makes her tick.
Bicycle bonanza
Terrors of the kitchen
Making a difference with youth
Senior Constable Bob Filbee has been educating school students on safety for the past 18 years and was awarded a Queen's Service Medal in the New Year Honours. Marika Hill delves into his life outside the police force.
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