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21 Jan 2026 10:00
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  •   Home > News > National > Upper North Island

    Emergency services are attending a scene in New Plymouth's Merrilands where a vehicle has crashed into a house on Riversdale Drive

    Emergency services are attending a scene in New Plymouth's Merrilands where a vehicle has crashed into a house on Riversdale Drive


    They say there are reports of injuries and the road is blocked while emergency services respond.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Upper North Island News
     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
     20 Jan: One person's in critical condition after an incident in Taranaki
     19 Jan: Small Northland communities got the worst of the weekend's flooding, but more is to come
     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
     19 Jan: Northlanders may have to wait until Wednesday until access to all roads is restored following flooding in its North Eastern area
     18 Jan: Civil Defence and marae have sprung into action, after flooding in Northland's North east region
     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
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