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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Upper North Island articles  Upper North Island
    State Highway One through Northland's Waipu is blocked following a crash - leaving 5 people injured, one seriously
     24 December 2025
    State Highway One through Northland's Waipu is blocked following a crash - leaving 5 people injured, one seriously
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    One person's died following a house fire in New Plymouth overnight
    24 Dec 2025: One person's died following a house fire in New Plymouth overnight... more
    Fire and police investigators are looking into the cause of a fatal house fire in New Plymouth in the early hours of this morning
    24 Dec 2025: Fire and police investigators are looking into the cause of a fatal house fire in New Plymouth in the early hours of this morning... more
    Police have made four arrests regarding the murder of Bill Maangi in Gisborne
    23 Dec 2025: Police have made four arrests regarding the murder of Bill Maangi in Gisborne... more
    A new system to quickly open the flood prone Wairoa River to the sea is now up and running
    23 Dec 2025: A new system to quickly open the flood prone Wairoa River to the sea is now up and running... more
    Northland police recovered restricted firearms and drugs, and a man was arrested, after he joined a police convoy in his Commodore - complete with flashing lights
    23 Dec 2025: Northland police recovered restricted firearms and drugs, and a man was arrested, after he joined a police convoy in his Commodore - complete with flashing lights... more
    Authorities are bemused by a rare case of dumpster diving for cheese - then sold on the black market in South Waikato
    23 Dec 2025: Authorities are bemused by a rare case of dumpster diving for cheese - then sold on the black market in South Waikato... more
    Police are appealing for any witnesses to a crash on Cheyne Road, Pyes Pa in Tauranga, last week
    22 Dec 2025: Police are appealing for any witnesses to a crash on Cheyne Road, Pyes Pa in Tauranga, last week... more
    Kane Williamson insists he's made no call around retirement - as the third cricket test against the West Indies gets set to enter it's final day in Mt Maunganui
    22 Dec 2025: Kane Williamson insists he's made no call around retirement - as the third cricket test against the West Indies gets set to enter it's final day in Mt Maunganui... more
    Police are investigating an unexplained death after a person was found unresponsive in the water in Rotorua's Waiotapu
    21 Dec 2025: Police are investigating an unexplained death after a person was found unresponsive in the water in Rotorua's Waiotapu... more

     Most Popular Recent Upper North Island News
     09 Feb: A major blaze at a Taupo high school's been brought under control ++++++++++++++++++++++++
     09 Feb: A Taupo high school is closed until at least tomorrow, after fire destroyed a block of classrooms, with two people charged +++++++++++++++++++++++
     13 Feb: 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 +++++++++++++++++++
     11 Feb: Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others ++++++++++++++++++
     05 Feb: Police say a Papamoa woman missing in the Kaimai Range has been found safe and well ++++++++++++++++
     05 Feb: A 53-year-old man's been arrested and charged in relation to a suspicious fire at a commercial premises on Oruanui Street in Taupo's CBD on Tuesday night ++++++++++++++
     14 Feb: A state of emergency has been declared for the Otorohanga District in the Waikato - which has been inundated with widespread flooding and slips overnight ++++++++++++++

     Upper North Island NewsLinks
      22 Feb: Life flight's new aeromedical airbase for upper north island officially opened (RadioNZ)
      16 Feb: Magnitude 3.6 earthquake strikes near upper hutt (Stuff.co.nz)
      30 Jan: Staff, public deserve answers after major it outage at hospitals, union says (RadioNZ)
      15 Jan: Weather: severe thunderstorms, heavy rain warnings for north island, upper south (RadioNZ)
      15 Jan: Heavy rain and thunderstorms on the way, with metservice warning issued (Stuff.co.nz)
      5 Jan: Wanted man avoiding police in upper north island (Stuff.co.nz)
      3 Jan: Weather: more than 1000 homes without power as storms lash north island (RadioNZ)
      3 Jan: After auckland, heavy rain and thunderstorms hit eastern north island (Stuff.co.nz)
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