Wanganui-Manawatu, New Zealand News

Feb. 13 – Argosy Property Trust, which is asking unitholders to approve corporatising its capital structure, has sold four Porirua and one Palmerston North properties.

Hanover investors who sold their shares immediately after a debt-for-equity swap with Allied Farmers are likely to get tax write-offs, Inland Revenue is to announce today.

An Ohakune-based pulp mill operator has been fined $37,000 after an employee fractured and dislocated his foot when he fell 3.5 metres into a service pit at a forestry site.

Work projects and community events are taking place throughout Hawke's Bay's state highway network and motorists can expect minor delays, the New Zealand Transport Agency says.

Long-time rally competitor and prominent Palmerston North businessman Brian Green is the first driver to confirm his entry for this year's 2012 Brother International Rally of Whangarei.

It was sold in 1988. - In 1988, aged 30, Palmerston North-born Morrison founded the investment bank, HRL Morrison & Co at an office in Plimmer Tower.

Pregnant women with complications during labour could be rushed to Palmerston North Hospital from Whanganui, if proposed changes get the go-ahead. The changes proposed by the MidCentral and Whanganui district health boards are because of a shortage of obstetricians and gynaecologists in both regions, forcing the boards to consider sending women ... (more)

The people of Whanganui need a guarantee from the Government that a proposal to move acute maternity services to Palmerston North is about safety and not simply about saving money, Labour's Health spokesperson Maryan Street says.

Under-fives will have the chance to let their creative juices flow at the SunSmart hat-making competition for pre-schoolers at the Awapuni Interislander Summer Festival Family Day Races in Palmerston North this Saturday, 11 February.

RIVERBED VIEW: Horizons Regional Council scientist Logan Brown takes a close look at what is growing on the bottom of the Manawatu River.

The final chapter has been closed on Wellington's oldest car dealership, Williams and Adams, with creditors and the taxman left nursing losses of more than $4 million.

EASY DOES IT: The Gentle Annie road takes its name from the descent from the Central Plateau into the Kaweka forest.

HBT120524-08.JPG Massive fire at Hawk Packaging in Mahora, Hastings. Firefighters came from as far away as Palmerston North.

IN THE GROOVE: UK choreographer Natalie Ayton puts Laura Beanland-Stephens through her paces at a workshop in Waipawa recently.PHOTO/GLENN TAYLOR HBT120554-01 Laura Beanland-Stephens reckons she is known as the girl who is over-committed. The 16-year-old Woodford House Year 12 pupil not only dances, but plays sport, mostly hockey, and does surf ... (more)

Dairy farmers are invited to participate in the NZ Dairy Business Conference, the 43rd annual event hosted by the New Zealand Large Herds Association and farm nutrition company Altum.

An NTR is a recurrence of two or more distinct tandem motifs interspersed with each other.

It wasn't quite the hot and sunny weather associated with Waitangi Day, but that didn't stop hundreds of people from attending a free concert at The Square in Palmerston North.

STILL SPENDING: While the year-on-year growth was slightly lower than the average growth last year, it still stood up well.

Body parts of a car were found in a drain near a suspicious grass fire on the outskirts of Palmerston North last night.

OH WELL: Russell Johnson's flyer, which was delivered Monday, talks about his plans to "expand and re-brand Fielding Promotions" and describes a family health centre as a must-have development for "Fielding and district". Unfortunately for Manawatu mayoral candidate, Palmerston North businessman Russell Johnson, his election pamphlet has mixed up ... (more)