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More than a 100-thousand dollars in fines - for Waikato farms convicted of mismanaging effluent

17 December 2025

More than a 100-thousand dollars in fines - for Waikato farms convicted of mismanaging effluent

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State Highway 2 is closed in western Bay of Plenty - north of Tauranga - after a crash between a truck and a car at Tanners Point - about 9am
	17 Dec: State Highway 2 is closed in western Bay of Plenty - north of Tauranga - after a crash between a truck and a car at Tanners Point - about 9am... more

Firefighters are returning to battle a blaze today at South Taranaki's Waiinu Beach - after rain was welcomed yesterday
	17 Dec: Firefighters are returning to battle a blaze today at South Taranaki's Waiinu Beach - after rain was welcomed yesterday... more

Residents of a South Taranaki village have been on standby overnight to evacuate, as a vegetation fire rages nearby
	16 Dec: Residents of a South Taranaki village have been on standby overnight to evacuate, as a vegetation fire rages nearby... more

Police are canvassing a large area of Rotorua today after launching a homicide investigation into the death of a man on Friday evening
	15 Dec: Police are canvassing a large area of Rotorua today after launching a homicide investigation into the death of a man on Friday evening... more

A woman has been charged in relation to a death in Tauranga over the weekend
	15 Dec: A woman has been charged in relation to a death in Tauranga over the weekend... more

Left-arm orthodox spinner Ajaz Patel has been selected for New Zealand's final cricket test of the three-match series against the West Indies starting on Thursday in Mt Maunganui
	15 Dec: Left-arm orthodox spinner Ajaz Patel has been selected for New Zealand's final cricket test of the three-match series against the West Indies starting on Thursday in Mt Maunganui... more

Police are investigating a body discovered in Tauranga
	15 Dec: Police are investigating a body discovered in Tauranga... more

A marine search and rescue training exercise will be conducted off Port Taranaki today
	14 Dec: A marine search and rescue training exercise will be conducted off Port Taranaki today... more

A motorcyclist has died following a crash in Kaitaia last night
	13 Dec: A motorcyclist has died following a crash in Kaitaia last night... more

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Most Popular Recent Upper North Island News

26 Nov: A person has died after a two-truck crash on Waikato's State Highway Two near Maramarua about 11.30 this morning ++++++++++++

25 Nov: Police are working to identify a body found during the search for missing woman Te Anihana Pomana ++++++++++++

30 Nov: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for parts of Kaipara, Auckland City, Waikato, Waitakere, Franklin, Rodney and Albany areas +++++++++++

23 Nov: Authorities are continuing to search for a Tauranga man, who's been missing since Thursday night +++++++++++

16 Dec: Residents of a South Taranaki village have been on standby overnight to evacuate, as a vegetation fire rages nearby ++++++++++

24 Nov: A polluting Waikato pig farm has been handed a record half a million dollar fine ++++++++++

01 Dec: Police have named a man killed in an altercation in New Plymouth last month - as 68-year-old Martin James Mooney +++++++++

Upper North Island NewsLinks

2 Oct: Rain, thunderstorms and even hail on the way for the upper north island (Stuff.co.nz)

30 Sep: Fast-moving front set to bring cold snap to south island and lower north (Stuff.co.nz)

11 Sep: Heavy rain, strong winds and thunderstorms forecast for upper north island (Stuff.co.nz)

1 Sep: Toppled trees, fallen power lines overnight as strong winds and rain battered the upper north island (RadioNZ)

29 Aug: Weekend weather: winter to end with thunderstorms, 'significant' wind gusts (RadioNZ)

29 Aug: Weather: a windy, cold start to the weekend (RadioNZ)

28 Aug: Metservice warns of wet, windy weather for new zealand (NewstalkZB)

24 Aug: Hail so thick it looks like snow hits upper north island (Stuff.co.nz)

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