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The police watchdog has cleared an officer of any wrongdoing after a woman claimed he choked and unfairly arrested her.

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Whanganui swimmers excelled themselves at Manawatu Winter Champs.

A peer review has found the main building at Hutt Hospital is in better shape than first thought.
In May, Hutt Valley DHB revealed the Heretaunga Block had

The New Zealand International Film Festival’s programmer of Chinese and east Asian cinema Vicci Ho arrived in Wellington 12 days before the first lockdown.

Rachel Moore14:03, Jun 29 2021 Andy Jackson/Stuff Police are managing traffic after contractors struck a gas main on Tremaine Ave in Palmerston North. Parts of a main road in Palmerston North were closed after contractors struck a gas main. The gas main was struck on Tremaine Ave at 12.10pm on Tuesday, a police spokeswoman said. The road reopened just before 2pm. Officers attended the scene, managing traffic at the intersections of Milson Line and Thames St with Tremaine Ave. A Fire and Em...

There will be significant traffic management in place including, at times, stop-go lane management and changes to lane layouts. No work requiring stop-go traffic management will happen during peak hours. Water might be temporarily shut off for short periods, but council officials will give advanced notice of that to businesses and residents affected. Upgrade work has also started on a major wastewater pipe and the connections to properties on Main Street, between Princess St and Victoria Av...

Due to start on Wednesday, the festival would lose a third of its scheduled acts. Losing the garden venue was a “big gut punch”, Forbes said, but after crew and artists had been accounted for, there were limited seats left for an audience. It was not viable to build an elaborate set and stage for the possibility that the country moved back to alert level 1. Forbes said artists were intending to travel from Auckland, and it was still unknown if they would be able to make it. David Unwin/...

Cr Lorna Johnson said she had been uncomfortable about removing the facility from community use without an alternative and she was pleased staff acted with urgency to come up with a solution. Cr Rachel Bowen said she was delighted the council had been able to respond to community disappointment “in a small if complicated way”. City resident Jenine Scoon said she was “stoked” the council had found a way to work around health and safety issues to allow people back into the pool. David ...