Bettridge wins champs
Bronzed and buff bodybuilders take the stage
Victim 'knew attacker'
Police believe veteran journalist Derek Round knew the person who beat him to death in Whanganui last week.
Bulls couple win big
A Bulls couple won $150,000 on Lotto's Winning Wheel at the weekend.
Cop in sex-for-favours claim
A police officer is accused of asking for sexual favours in return for not prosecuting a drink driver.
Top five stories of the week
Last week's most read stories included a charity store fed up with a phantom flytipper leaving nasty surprises behind their building.
Heat reacted with dried-out timber
A blaze that damaged a Bunnythorpe house was caused by the heat of a chimney reacting with surrounding dried-out timber.
Crowds flock to get look at gorge slip
Heat reacted with dried-out timber
Bettridge wins Manawatu championship figure title
Bettridge wins Manawatu championship figure title
Crowds flock to get look at gorge slip
Asset sales protest group launches at wind farm
Tears as river's decline described
Stolen rabbit found
The bunny stolen from a Palmerston North home has been found.
Festival proves a thriller
Copious quantities of energy drinks, erotic fiction and hardly any sleep – just another year of the 48 Hour Film Festival.
ADHD drug alarm
Canada flicks scoop awards
Mucking in for the environment
Getting dirty and hacking through rugged bush is no problem for a group of Massey University students keen to make an environmental difference.
Hawks bring down Jets
Top two imports rested ahead of championship playoff starter.
Jets need all their big guns
The Manawatu Jets have the firepower to go all the way in the national basketball league playoffs at Wellington next weekend, if they can get all their big names on court.
Injuries hit top players
Challenge Trophy stays at Massey
Bettridge wins champs
Palmerston North's Sue Bettridge turned on an outstanding effort to win the Ms Manawatu figure title.
Asset sales 'reckless'
Partial asset sales will do nothing to curb the growing debt problem, economic analysts say.
Record numbers leave for Aus
A record 53,500 Kiwis crossed the ditch to Australia permanently in the year to April 30.
SMEs support tough Budget
Auckland business optimism dips
Old boys' club not good business
Ralph Norris says targets not quotas are the best approach to getting more top women in business.
Shearer must grasp chances
Thursday will be an important day for Labour leader David Shearer.
Capital Connection appears doomed
It looks like it could be the end of the line for the Capital Connection.
Media's job is to question the PM
Council turns off young citizens
Pressing need for transparency
The case of disgraced Palmerston North masseur Brendon Dorn was about more than a sexual deviant preying on female clients.
Field day explains trees on farms
Farmers are get to some tips on how to use land wisely and make the most of trees.
Pregnant cows at risk when moved
Dairy farmers should take particular care when planning to transport cows in their third trimester of pregnancy, says DairyNZ's development team leader for animal husbandry, Nita Harding.
Expert warns of pork disease risk
Pork import talks urged
Making dreams a reality
Two United States students are keen to get home, to start businesses in mead and heritage tomatoes
End of the line
From next month the Overlander train will not stop at several small towns in the lower North Island.
She wants to go faster and faster
She trains 11 times a week and runs competitively every Saturday.
Comedy moves at cracking pace
Mother's Day Series
Soft-shoe shuffle reeks of history
There's a wee patch of Scotland in Palmerston North, as reporter Lee Matthews finds at Scottish Country Dancing, and it keeps members fit and on their toes.
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Manawatu Diary May 17 - 23
Your guide to what's happening in Manawatu this week.
Vamp's tale unsatisfying
Good acting and direction is ultimately let down by a poor plot in Tim Burton's Dark Shadows.
Dishes lacking wow factor
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Students on a natural high.
Years of ballet and jazz lessons are put to use in one school's entry in the Manawatu Stage Challenge 2012.
