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Police are advising motorists in the Waikato area, including Te Awamutu, Otorohanga, and Waipa Districts, to stay off the roads this evening due to heavy rainfall and flooding

13 February 2026

Police are advising motorists in the Waikato area, including Te Awamutu, Otorohanga, and Waipa Districts, to stay off the roads this evening due to heavy rainfall and flooding

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State Highway 31 and State Highway 39 in the Waikato's Otorohanga District, are both currently blocked due to significant flooding and slips
	13 Feb: State Highway 31 and State Highway 39 in the Waikato's Otorohanga District, are both currently blocked due to significant flooding and slips... more

Evacuations and power outages - as strong weather traverses the North Island, with weather watches for most parts
	13 Feb: Evacuations and power outages - as strong weather traverses the North Island, with weather watches for most parts... more

Police are hunting a group of suspects - after a shooting in Auckland's Mission Bay last night
	13 Feb: Police are hunting a group of suspects - after a shooting in Auckland's Mission Bay last night... more

Emergency services are investigating a suspicious fire at a factory in Auckland's Onehunga
	13 Feb: Emergency services are investigating a suspicious fire at a factory in Auckland's Onehunga... more

Police will be out in force across Dunedin's student quarter as Flo-Week draws to a close
	13 Feb: Police will be out in force across Dunedin's student quarter as Flo-Week draws to a close... more

Convoys will resume today through Waioweka Gorge
	13 Feb: Convoys will resume today through Waioweka Gorge... more

Inclement weather bearing down on the South Island has forced Coast to Coast organisers to activate an alternative mountain run route for the two-day event starting tomorrow morning
	12 Feb: Inclement weather bearing down on the South Island has forced Coast to Coast organisers to activate an alternative mountain run route for the two-day event starting tomorrow morning... more

Police have found the vehicle of a man who was swept away in his car and killed in Auckland's Mahurangi River last month - during severe weather
	12 Feb: Police have found the vehicle of a man who was swept away in his car and killed in Auckland's Mahurangi River last month - during severe weather... more

Thick black smoke from a house fire is rising across Chatswood, on Auckland's North Shore
	12 Feb: Thick black smoke from a house fire is rising across Chatswood, on Auckland's North Shore... more

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