Mayor Grant Smith is defending Palmerston North after ESPN reported a source close to the Spanish Women's World Cup team said they left the city two days early because it's boring.
Staff cutbacks are brewing at Massey University, as the main campus in Manawatu, as well as Auckland and Wellington, has been unable to escape the troubles the tertiary sector is experiencing - falling student numbers and overseas students staying away.
The University is asking for expressions of interest for voluntary redundancies. And Jimmy talks to Kathryn about two local centenarians, both WWII vets, Eddie Chapman, and Oliver Candy, who recently passed away.
The late Oliver Candy, WW2 veteran who passed away in June 2023, aged 100 Photo: Jimmy Ellingham
