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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02 Jul: A 34-year-old woman's died, after a two-vehicle crash last Thursday on State Highway Two in Tauranga

30 Jun: A 17-year-old missing for almost a week in Auckland - after moving from Waikato, has been found safe and well

29 Jun: A Waikato Police officer's triggered an audit of the use of the police database, after making over a thousand checks of a person while off-duty.

29 Jun: Waikato children are benefiting from an intiative providing free dental surgery

28 Jun: A person's died on the scene of a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian on Tokoroa's Lomond Avenue

28 Jun: Police are appealing for information after a dog walker was sexually assaulted, in Waikato's Tokoroa yesterday night

26 Jun: A second person has been arrested in relation to a toddler's death in Northland's Kaikohe

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Business:
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Rugby League:
The odds are shortening on Des Hasler being the first NRL head coach to be punted this season 13:07

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Law and Order:
Police are preparing to investigate a Gore toddler's death - for a third time 12:27

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