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Residents in weather ravaged areas are still being urged to avoid travelling if possible, with slips and flooding still plaguing the upper North Island

23 January 2026

Residents in weather ravaged areas are still being urged to avoid travelling if possible, with slips and flooding still plaguing the upper North Island

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Taranaki Police have arrested a driver and impounded two vehicles following multiple complaints of dangerous driving earlier this week
	23 Jan: Taranaki Police have arrested a driver and impounded two vehicles following multiple complaints of dangerous driving earlier this week... more

A motorcyclist has died after colliding into the back of a traffic attenuator truck, moments after Police spotted them speeding on Auckland's Southern Motorway last night
	23 Jan: A motorcyclist has died after colliding into the back of a traffic attenuator truck, moments after Police spotted them speeding on Auckland's Southern Motorway last night... more

Destruction and tragedy have come in the wake of slips caused by record rainfall in the upper North Island
	23 Jan: Destruction and tragedy have come in the wake of slips caused by record rainfall in the upper North Island... more

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

Two bodies have been found at a house on Papamoa's Welcome Bay Road - after a large landslide caused extensive damage early this morning
	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... more

Bay of Plenty's State Highway 5 is blocked, near Waipunga - where a truck's rolled and spilled gravel over the road
	22 Jan: Bay of Plenty's State Highway 5 is blocked, near Waipunga - where a truck's rolled and spilled gravel over the road... more

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

Two people are unaccounted for and another is badly injured after a landslide at a house in Papamoa
	22 Jan: Two people are unaccounted for and another is badly injured after a landslide at a house in Papamoa... more

A person's suffered serious injuries after an assault in Auckland's Mount Wellington
	21 Jan: A person's suffered serious injuries after an assault in Auckland's Mount Wellington... more

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