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

24 December 2024

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

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23 Jan: Several people including children are still missing after the landslide at Mount Maunganui - where search teams have been working through the night

22 Jan: 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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22 Jan: A large slip at Mt Maunganui's Mauao has hit the campsite at the hill's base

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

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