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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Upper North Island articles  Upper North Island
    Fire and Emergency says its specialist Search and Rescue teams are standing down their operations in Mount Maunganui
     31 January 2026
    Fire and Emergency says its specialist Search and Rescue teams are standing down their operations in Mount Maunganui
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    NZTA says the Coromandel's State Highway 25 has now fully reopened in time for the weekend - but speed restrictions remain in place
    30 Jan: NZTA says the Coromandel's State Highway 25 has now fully reopened in time for the weekend - but speed restrictions remain in place... more
    Recovery operations appear to be back underway in Tauranga, although caution remains paramount
    30 Jan: Recovery operations appear to be back underway in Tauranga, although caution remains paramount... more
    The Tauranga community's joined together in a show of support for whanau who've lost loved ones, a week after landslides in the area
    30 Jan: The Tauranga community's joined together in a show of support for whanau who've lost loved ones, a week after landslides in the area... more
    The first victim of the Mount landslide's been formally identified by the Coroner as Max Furse-Kee
    28 Jan: The first victim of the Mount landslide's been formally identified by the Coroner as Max Furse-Kee... more
    Tauranga's Mayor says a community gathering will be held tomorrow - to acknowledge last week's tragic landslide at Mount Maunganui
    28 Jan: Tauranga's Mayor says a community gathering will be held tomorrow - to acknowledge last week's tragic landslide at Mount Maunganui... more
    Prime Minister Chris Luxon joined the Mount Maunganui community last night, paying tribute to those presumed dead in Thursday's slip
    26 Jan: Prime Minister Chris Luxon joined the Mount Maunganui community last night, paying tribute to those presumed dead in Thursday's slip... more
    A determination from emergency services to continue the recovery at Mount Maunganui as soon as possible
    26 Jan: A determination from emergency services to continue the recovery at Mount Maunganui as soon as possible... more
    Snell street in Waikato's Morrinsville, is closed following an earlier crash
    25 Jan: Snell street in Waikato's Morrinsville, is closed following an earlier crash... more
    A Waikato man who escaped the deadly Mount Maunganui landslide, is crediting Lisa McClenna,n as the camper who saved lives
    25 Jan: A Waikato man who escaped the deadly Mount Maunganui landslide, is crediting Lisa McClenna,n as the camper who saved lives... 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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