Janine Rankin

Palmerston North will be changing shape in 2025. The city council boundaries will not change, but the size of the electorate where Labour's Tangi Utikere sits as Member of Parliament is up for review.

The owner of Bonny Glen, the only Class 1 landfill in the Horizons region, has been convicted and fined more than $200,000 for allowing noxious smells to waft beyond the boundaries.

Visit any dog-off-leash park in Palmerston North and shout “Bella” and the chances are an eight-year-old labrador will respond.

Janine Rankin Palmerston North Regional Hospital's renal unit is groaning under the strain of a doubling in the number of patients needing dialysis in the past decade.

Palmerston North City Council's improper use of Community Services cards to identify people eligible for discounts has prompted a national call to streamline processes.

The co-founder of Te Pāti Māori and champion of te ao Māori Dame Tariana Turia has been buried at her marae at Whangaehu near Whanganui on Tuesday.

Dame Tariana Turia, Nanny Tari, has been laid to rest next to her beloved husband George at Whangaehu Marae.

Palmerston North's water supply is in good shape so far this summer, with rain keeping the Turitea Dam topped up and consumption lower than average.

Drainage work has begun beside State Highway 1 at Utiku to help stop the critical route through the central North Island from falling down on the main trunk railway.

Overseas-trained doctors working in New Zealand as Uber drivers and physicians' assistants are now three times more likely to get a chance to take the first step towards registration to practice medicine here.