Wanganui-Manawatu, New Zealand News

Let's put behind us the shame of John Cleese and his "thoroughly bloody miserable time", and the pride at Jeremy Clarkson's assertion that if God had got it right then "Jesus would have been from Palmerston North". Let's forget about Lord Palmerston, the man who gave you that great name and let's move on.

Ben Lund with the radial engine he came across in Rough Creek, Mt Aspiring. Photo by Mark Price/Montage by Hayden Smith.

In the past year they have released an album, opened for international acts and won fans from as far away as Sweeden.

Calls for a review of the fluoridation of Palmerston North's water supply make up the biggest single issue facing the city council in consultation on its draft annual plan.

TrustPower Limited has reached agreement to purchase the key assets of Energy Direct New Zealand, often referred to as Energy Direct or EDNZ, for $13.65 million .

Canoeing down the Whanganui River, snorkelling in the Bay of Islands, mountaineering in Nepal - no, it's not the dream school holiday; it's all part of education for Palmerston North schoolkids taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Award programme.

The last time Tina Grant talked to her husband, Corporal Doug Grant, she was looking out the window at the rare sight of snow on the ground outside.

Palmerston North police are cracking down on pre-loading drinkers hitting town, after a "slight" increase in alcohol-fuelled crime.

A bushfire that burned through a Rangitikei reserve could cost ratepayers an estimated $28,000 so that a 400-metre-long fire-damaged fence can be restored and shrubs replanted.

NEW Zealand's sheep are the butt of jokes overseas, but a woman on the nation's North Island has found they can also be dangerous.

New Zealand's sheep are the butt of jokes overseas, but a woman on the nation's North Island has found they can also be dangerous.

The male driver appeared to have gotten off lightly with cuts to his face. The condition of the cow is unknown.

Short-staffing in two Palmerston North City Council units is helping to pay for unbudgeted spending on the Totara Rd wastewater treatment plant.

A vodka sozzled drink-driver who got behind the wheel after a binge was dobbed into police by his worried wife.

There was sizzling, sniffing and chewing as the tastiest and tenderest steak was found from finalists at last night's Steak of Origin contest in Feilding.

After eight years training firefighters how to save car-crash victims' lives, a road trip to Palmerston North gave Craig Bedford the chance to do it for real.

Palmerston North's Fiona Bradley and Lower Hutt's Claire Angliiss have attended the United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women in New York representing GirlGuiding New Zealand to advocate for stop to violence against girls.

GIRLS' DAY OUT: From left, Yvonne MacNamara, Fay Costello and Kathy Douglas of Palmerston North are keen racegoers and were enjoying the racing at the Woodville-Pahiatua Racing Club's rural expo day last Thursday.

The central business district needs to play to its strengths to grow, a business leader from Palmerston North's American sister city says.

RIGHT NOTE: Putting aside her active music career for eight years was not a decision made lightly by Massey University lecturer Judith Donaldson.