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A person has been flown to hospital in a critical condition after falling down a Waikato waterfall

27 October 2025

Emergency services were called to Waitawheta Rd in Waikino about 2.30 this afternoon after the person reportedly slipped.

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25 Oct: The public's being asked to avoid any shellfish from the Taranaki coast until further notice

25 Oct: A Tokoroa family have pulled together an eight thousand dollar reward in the hope to find missing teacher Jayleb-Che Dean

22 Oct: Police say there are serious injuries after a two-vehicle crash has blocked State Highway One in both directions near Tokoroa in Bay of Plenty

22 Oct: Police aren't treating a woman's unexplained death this morning on Whangarei's Bank street as suspicious

21 Oct: A 19-year-old is due back in court next month, over a fatal two-vehicle crash in July in Waikato's Te Mapara

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