Stories by Jimmy Ellingham

Dividing cyclists from traffic on a small stretch of Palmerston North highway has split opinion among city residents.

Days before her death a fat studies conference chaired by academic Dr Cat Pausé was parodied by American conservative figure Steven Crowder.

The New Zealand Air Force can be called on at any time to drop supplies into war zones or after disaster strikes, when landing and unloading are impossible.

Three soldiers suffered burns to their bodies during a training exercise using molotov cocktails to prepare them for peacekeeping duties.

A heavy rain watch remains in place for the North Island's East Coast as the sodden district recovers from last week's flooding.

Huge cranes are towering above the flat Manawatū countryside as construction of two hangars for new Air Force aircraft cruises at altitude.

Health officials have issued an apology after a Palmerston North woman in her 80s waited almost a day in the city hospital's overcrowded emergency department until she was moved to a ward.

As a Palmerston North woman lay in hospital in a coma while an insidious infection took over her body's organs, her family were told to prepare for the worst.

Twenty years after Nicholas Pike was murdered, his body hasn't been found and the man convicted of killing him is still trying to clear his name, Jimmy Ellingham reports.

Sharply increasing costs of living are forcing vulnerable members of society to go without food as their budgets are squeezed.

Cars have briefly given way to horses in the Manawatū town of Feilding as riders clipped and clopped through the CBD with a call to remember them.

More than 40 years ago the man who found a meteorite billions of years old hit it with a sledgehammer - unaware of its significance.

The former lead psychiatrist at the Lake Alice psychiatric hospital's child and adolescent unit died in January without facing justice or action from a professional body despite allegations against…

Rangitīkei District mayor Andy Watson has apologised to former patients of the Lake Alice psychiatric hospital near Marton.

A regional council has decided to allow public input into a proposed waste-to-energy plant's resource consent application in the Manawatū town of Feilding.

Public opinion is against efforts to turn an overgrown former Palmerston North bowling green into housing.

Plans to turn an overgrown former bowling green into housing in Palmerston North have been met with distaste by most in submissions.

Roadworks in Horowhenua are having a huge effect on businesses in Shannon, with some reporting drops in trade of up to 90 percent.

An experienced nurse says conditions at Palmerston North Hospital's emergency department are pushing staff to their limits.

Concerned residents from the Manawatū town of Feilding are urging the regional council to hold public hearings about a proposed waste-to-energy plant.

Former international cricketer Andrew Penn has returned to the field after more than 15 years and will this weekend open the batting in a rep Twenty20 tournament in Palmerston North. Audio

A Palmerston North woman says a relative in her 80s waited almost a day in the city hospital's overcrowded emergency department until she was moved to a ward.

The family of a man who died after falling two storeys out of a Palmerston North Hospital window say urgent changes are needed to avoid a repeat.

Damage from ex-tropical Cyclone Dovi has left people stranded in their homes, while power outages are affecting farms and schools.

Palmerston North officials are asking Parliament to help turn an overgrown former city bowling green into housing.