Over winter, whiskers are often singed.

The cat's whiskers

PAWS AND CLAWS: Just don't let them burn. Also watch your friend's chin, they get acne too.

Mugging in Square

The attackers fled the scene and police have not been able to locate them.

A woman has been assaulted by two other women at The Square, Palmerston North.

Couple still strong after 75 years

Cyril and Beryl Norris were married on June 27, 1942, and celebrate their 75th anniversary next week

New fire manager appointed

Gary Ward is excited to be leading Whanganui's fire service through a big change.

Caged eggs here to stay

But many people are going out of their way to avoid them as free range takes hold.

Uncovering history

MEMORY LANE: Old survey plans in a Palmerston North building bring the past to light.

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News

Health budget blunder

MidCentral District Health Board will lose $5.5m after a faux pas by the Ministry of Health.

4:15 PM  MidCentral will hand back $5.5 million after it was given more money than planned.

Head cases

About 35,000 Kiwis suffer mild brain injuries every year. Are we doing enough about them?

New generation of leaky homes

Discharged, then dead

Sport

Save The Date on trial

Save The Date will make her Australian debut on Saturday.

Save The Date looking to earn second date across the Tasman.

Marist growing in confidence

Graham Craven has had help on defence in recent weeks from his brother Joe.

Palmerston North Marist has done brilliantly in the last three weeks to extricate themselves from the bottom of the Central League.

Brewer: Smash them straight away

Turbos loose forward Harrison Brewer is supporting the British and Irish Lions.

 Getting in the faces of New Zealand teams and smashing them early is the key for the British and Irish Lions' success according to the Manawatu Turbos' resident Irishman Harrison Brewer.

Strong season sets Central

The Central national league netball team is in the grand final this weekend.

Central are poised to put the icing on a perfect season.

When the rules don't work

Dennis Slade thinks a yellow card in football should mean five minutes on the sideline.

OPINION: Recent developments in sport coaching models all stress the importance of understanding the rules of the game and how you can apply that understanding to your tactical advantage.

opinion

Driven by racism

For Zest, Life, Tempo Recipes, food styling and photography by Emma Boyd. Cauliflower pizza.

OPINION: Decision to stop delivering to the mean streets of Rotorua doesn't sit well.

Don't write off the Lions yet

Jack McGrath of the Lions looks dejected after their defeat by the Highlanders at Forsyth Barr Stadium.

OPINION: To dismiss the Lions after two games was too soon. After four games, we still can't.

Learning is not a business

Massey University

OPINION: For-profit education is not in our best interests, writes Damian Ruth.

Beware identity politics

If we took identity politics to its extreme we wouldn't celebrate Christmas, says Karl Du Fresne.

OPINION: If cultural appropriation were taken to its extreme we'd be pretty bored, says Karl Du Fresne.

Our lessons from British election

UK  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn made up considerable ground against the Conservatives, but not enough to force a change ...

OPINION: British Prime Minister Theresa May has gambled everything and lost.

Lifestyle

The cat's whiskers

Over winter, whiskers are often singed.

PAWS AND CLAWS: Just don't let them burn. Also watch your friend's chin, they get acne too.

Uncovering history

John Farquhar, left, descendant of surveyor Hugh Farquhar, looks at old survey maps with Peter Shelton.

MEMORY LANE: Old survey plans in a Palmerston North building bring the past to light.

What next? Who knows

What Next presenters Nigel Latta and John Campbell.

TUNNEL VISION: The new Campbell-Latta partnership is worth a watch, writes Malcolm Hopwood.

Inspect this play

Moscow

REVIEW: Comedy holds an entertaining mirror to a serious subject.

Novel approach to Matariki

Hiwaiterangi Poutini Manley-Green, 7 months, of Whanganui, is named after one of the stars in the Matariki cluster. Her ...

Author and illustrator Rebecca Larsen has taken inspiration from Palmy Rocks this Matariki.

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