MetService has a red warning in place for the thunderstorms - which it says will move toward the area around Te Aroha and Paeroa at 7pm and be accompanied by torrential rain and hail.

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09 Jan: Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a newborn baby boy in Auckland

09 Jan: Police say a sizeable dent has been made in an underground cannabis market in the north Waikato

09 Jan: Two men stranded on a drifting jetski off Taranaki Coast - have been rescued

09 Jan: A deep, magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck the lower North Island, in south Taranaki

08 Jan: Police in Whangarei are appealing for information about an aggravated robbery on Boxing Day

08 Jan: Police are appealing for information, about a boat stolen from a commercial yard in Whangarei on Tuesday

07 Jan: Three Lotto players from Auckland, Matamata and Timaru are in for a treat after sharing one million tonight

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