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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Upper North Island articles  Upper North Island
    Two bodies have been found at a house on Papamoa's Welcome Bay Road - after a large landslide caused extensive damage early this morning
     22 January 2026
    Two bodies have been found at a house on Papamoa's Welcome Bay Road - after a large landslide caused extensive damage early this morning
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    A large slip at Mt Maunganui's Mauao has hit the campsite at the hill's base
    22 Jan: A large slip at Mt Maunganui's Mauao has hit the campsite at the hill's base... more
    Whitianga's completely cut off by flooding - and Thames Coromandel District Council's urgently asking anyone in low-lying areas across the district to move to higher ground immediately
    21 Jan: Whitianga's completely cut off by flooding - and Thames Coromandel District Council's urgently asking anyone in low-lying areas across the district to move to higher ground immediately... more
    A State of Emergency remains on the cards for other parts of Northland - after being declared for a week in Whangarei district - already pelted with heavy rain
    20 Jan: A State of Emergency remains on the cards for other parts of Northland - after being declared for a week in Whangarei district - already pelted with heavy rain... more
    One person's in critical condition after an incident in Taranaki
    20 Jan: One person's in critical condition after an incident in Taranaki... more
    Small Northland communities got the worst of the weekend's flooding, but more is to come
    19 Jan: Small Northland communities got the worst of the weekend's flooding, but more is to come... more
    Some people in Northland remain cut-off due to flooding - including a group at a DOC campsite in Puriri Bay, south-east of the Bay of Islands
    19 Jan: Some people in Northland remain cut-off due to flooding - including a group at a DOC campsite in Puriri Bay, south-east of the Bay of Islands... more
    Northlanders may have to wait until Wednesday until access to all roads is restored following flooding in its North Eastern area
    19 Jan: Northlanders may have to wait until Wednesday until access to all roads is restored following flooding in its North Eastern area... more
    Civil Defence and marae have sprung into action, after flooding in Northland's North east region
    18 Jan: Civil Defence and marae have sprung into action, after flooding in Northland's North east region... more
    Civil Defence has stood up centres at Marae in Bland Bay, Puna-ruku, Oteto and Mokau in Northland after heavy rain and flooding
    18 Jan: Civil Defence has stood up centres at Marae in Bland Bay, Puna-ruku, Oteto and Mokau in Northland after heavy rain and flooding... 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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