Manawatu Standard - July 23, 2026

Locum cost hits new high

From p1 // Locum cost hits new high

Councils take heed

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Successive governments at fault for health woes

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Visit to GP prompts home care complaint

All eyes on final Manawatū Jets home game, with playoff chances still alive

Roading budget in Manawatū up by $3m

NZ ‘risks missing climate targets’

Flu rings alarm bells for pigeon racers

Hollywood star in West Coast venture

High schools facing teacher quality crisis

Missing boy uses sculpture to get back to motel

Dad’s account closed after son deposited scam proceeds

What’s on in Manawatū this weekend and beyond

Does NZDF have enough fuel for war or disaster?

Alcohol-free drinks export surge

Plea to MPs to rein in coercive debt collectors

The challenges ahead for Andy Burnham

Zelenskyy fires military chief

Plane wreckage found 74 years later

Splits emerge in Tehran over war

Kids’ camp with a difference

Modi faces ‘cockroach’ challenge

Trump may be in a vote-losing groove, but Maga’s not dead

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Testosterone and toughness: Pentagon’s war on ‘manopause’

‘I can’t work in the farce of climate change cruise tourism anymore’

Historic garden a labour of love for 86-year-old

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Cancer researcher pioneered melanoma treatment before facing own diagnosis

Sinner and Sabalenka lead fields for US Open

Rogers thrilled with British record move to Chelsea

All Whites treasure memories of Keegan’s skills, personality

McAlister named Canterbury’s NPC captain

Home with the Claret Jug

Black Caps fall to West Indies in ‘dead rubber’

At a glance

35 the magic mark for Kiwis

Ref calls off club game early in latest abuse incident

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Fabulous Five Bedroom Hokowhitu Home

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