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A person has died and three people have been hospitalised after a single vehicle crash in Whangarei's Ruatangata West

15 February 2026

Emergency services were called to Knight Road just before 11 last night.

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Other Upper North Island News

16 Feb: Police say it could take some time to formally identify a body, washed up on Mahia's Mahanga Beach, near Wairoa

15 Feb: A large structure fire, has closed a stretch of State Highway 2 in Wairoa

14 Feb: Rotorua's getting another chance to showcase itself this weekend

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

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

13 Feb: State Highway 31 and State Highway 39 in the Waikato's Otorohanga District, are both currently blocked due to significant flooding and slips

13 Feb: Evacuations and power outages - as strong weather traverses the North Island, with weather watches for most parts

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