Fewer people using Manawatū Gorge tracks

Regular Manawatū Gorge walkers Trudy Mahoney, left, and Lisa Mohi say they have not noticed a drop in numbers walking ...

Manawatū Gorge walking track users are dropping, DOC figures show.

Thousands without power

The power's off in Tangimoana.

About 1700 properties are without power throughout Manawatū on Monday morning.

Old Boys down Palmerston

Tom O'Connor was in good form for United, scoring 88 in their hard-fought draw with Freyberg.

CRICKET: Easy win gets two-day campaign under way; other matches drawn in Manawatū club competition.

The man with 8000 toy cars video

Some of the 8,000 model cars in Pawson's collection.

Dave Pawson didn't have much in the way of toys as a child. Now he's got thousands and he's sharing the fun.

Farmers grinning to start year

Steady rainfall and good grass growth has increased production in Manawatū, Marton farmer Richard Morrison says.

Steady rainfall and good grass growth has increased production in Manawatū.

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Rare vintage car torched

The aftermath of a fire at The Vintage Austin Register of New Zealand rally in Whanganui on Friday night.

Two vintage cars damaged in suspected arson while others were looted at a Whanganui rally.

A woman named Audrey

Audrey and John Ewan on their wedding day, 1970.

MEMORY LANE: Reporter, teacher, traveller and mother, but always a girl at heart.

Making ends meet in the middle

020611 - NEWS Photo: Chris Hillock / Waikato Times.  Richard Swainson from Auteur House in Victoria street Hamilton, ...

OPINION: The gap between the well-heeled and those hurting is increasingly hard to comprehend.

A garden with history and heart

Ngaire and Bruce Cheetham stand in the garden they have created over the past 59 years.

Their garden has been 59 years in the making and Ngaire and Bruce Cheetham have enjoyed every minute.

Rescue at Manawatū bike trail

The Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter took a middle-age man to hospital after a medical emergency at Arapuke Mountain ...

Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter took one patient to Hospital, in moderate condition.

Toyota did not seek handout

Dissenting councillor Karen Naylor says there was no evidence Toyota NZ might leave Palmerston North.

No evidence car giant was looking to move base from Palmerston North, city councillor says.

Battle of the wits

Don Wickam holds the flock of five ewes with his dog Kim

Shepherds and dogs do battle against five sheep.

Russell the new Turbos coach

Peter Russell, right, is the new Manawatū Turbos coach. He has previously coached the Newcastle Falcons in England.

The Manawatū Turbos have appointed an experienced coach to run the cutter for the next couple of seasons.

Rubble filled with memories

Contractors have begun demolishing the Levin Church hall, destroyed in a suspicious fire just before New Years.

Demolition of the remains of Levin Life Church's youth hall started on Thursday.

Three dead in 24 hours

Ihaia Maxwell, 15, and 12-year-old Meadow James are two of 45 people to die on Manawatū and Whanganui roads in 2018.

Manawatū and Whanganui roads have claimed almost 50 lives in the past year.

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Immensely satisfying youth concert

The New Zealand Youth Jazz Orchestra put on a sprightly show in the smaller Globe auditorium.

REVIEW: Globe Theatre's small auditorium full of sound during sprightly show from New Zealand's up-and-comers.

Win some, lose some

CROQUET: Andre Murray couldn't retain his open singles title, but still got a hand on a trophy.

Sutherland-Smith punches above her weight

Tools to deal with dyslexia

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Making ends meet in the middle

020611 - NEWS Photo: Chris Hillock / Waikato Times.  Richard Swainson from Auteur House in Victoria street Hamilton, ...

OPINION: The gap between the well-heeled and those hurting is increasingly hard to comprehend.

Stop blaming the police

NZ First MP Darroch Ball says a law introduced by National in 2017 made it easier than ever for drivers fleeing police ...

OPINION: We need to stop the blame game when it comes to the rise in fleeing driver incidents, says Darroch Ball.

Doubles topping the bill

Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus played entertaining tennis at the ASB Classic.

OPINION: Tennis tag teams more exciting than boring baseline duels; and the Kiwis are even in with a shot.

Will the holidays ever end?

Spending time with your kids is great, but so is not spending time with them too.

The dichotomy of joy and pain that comes with the holiday period is an interesting one.

Forgetting a socialist utopia

Venezuela has descended into chaos since the so-called Bolivian Revolution.

OPINION: Venezuela was beloved by the liberal Left earlier this century. You don't hear much praise for it now.

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A garden with history and heart

Ngaire and Bruce Cheetham stand in the garden they have created over the past 59 years.

Their garden has been 59 years in the making and Ngaire and Bruce Cheetham have enjoyed every minute.

Art in the heart of a garden

The flowers are out and there will be a collection of artists at Rahere this weekend.

After weeks knee-deep in the garden, Carly Thomas turns her attention to the artists who will display their work during the weekend's art and garden trail.

The season of plane crash shows

Why is it that plane crash TV shows get hauled out every holiday period?

There's something to be said for scheduling plane crash TV shows during holidays.

Reading habits examined

Author Vincent O'Malley is a persuasive speaker.

OPINION: From Orson Welles to Ernest Hemingway, John Clarke to Steve Braunias, the Swainson reading list was stranger than fiction.

Capturing the images of an era

Henry Billens' photo of Main St West, Palmerston North, 1901.

MEMORY LANE: A photographer looks back on early life in Palmerston North.

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