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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Upper North Island articles  Upper North Island
    Five hikers are lucky to be alive after a Mount Taranaki tramp yesterday
     23 February 2026
    Five hikers are lucky to be alive after a Mount Taranaki tramp yesterday
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    Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor released under investigation after almost 10 hours in custody
    20 Feb: The former Duke of York has been released under investigation by British police, as officers continue to search his former Windsor home.... more
    A man's been charged with murder after a second man was discovered dead in Tauranga's Wharepai Domain last Saturday
    20 Feb: A man's been charged with murder after a second man was discovered dead in Tauranga's Wharepai Domain last Saturday... more
    What we know about ex-prince Andrew's arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
    20 Feb: Police are searching two addresses in the UK, including Royal Lodge on the Windsor Estate where the former prince lived until last year.... more
    A Waikato teacher's been censured after being caught drinking wine from a drink bottle while on lunch duty
    20 Feb: A Waikato teacher's been censured after being caught drinking wine from a drink bottle while on lunch duty... more
    A Rotorua rest home will go to trial in October - over the death of a resident after a fire
    19 Feb: A Rotorua rest home will go to trial in October - over the death of a resident after a fire... more
    Questions around why action wasn't taken sooner - following a fatal dog attack in Northland
    19 Feb: Questions around why action wasn't taken sooner - following a fatal dog attack in Northland... more
    Five fire crews are battling a house fire on Whangarei's on Morningside Road
    18 Feb: Five fire crews are battling a house fire on Whangarei's on Morningside Road... more
    A man's been arrested - after allegedly attempting to break through the cordon at the Mount Maunganui landslide
    18 Feb: A man's been arrested - after allegedly attempting to break through the cordon at the Mount Maunganui landslide... more
    Support for changes to dog control laws following a deadly dog attack in Northland
    18 Feb: Support for changes to dog control laws following a deadly dog attack in Northland... more

     Most Popular Recent Upper North Island News
     09 Feb: A major blaze at a Taupo high school's been brought under control +++++++++++++++++++++
     24 Jan: Pakuranga College is paying tribute to two of its students caught in the Mount Maunganui landslide ++++++++++++++++++++
     09 Feb: A Taupo high school is closed until at least tomorrow, after fire destroyed a block of classrooms, with two people charged ++++++++++++++++++++
     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 +++++++++++++++++
     28 Jan: The first victim of the Mount landslide's been formally identified by the Coroner as Max Furse-Kee +++++++++++++++++
     11 Feb: Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others +++++++++++++++
     05 Feb: Police say a Papamoa woman missing in the Kaimai Range has been found safe and well +++++++++++++++

     Upper North Island NewsLinks
      22 Feb: Life flight's new aeromedical airbase for upper north island officially opened (RadioNZ)
      16 Feb: Magnitude 3.6 earthquake strikes near upper hutt (Stuff.co.nz)
      30 Jan: Staff, public deserve answers after major it outage at hospitals, union says (RadioNZ)
      15 Jan: Weather: severe thunderstorms, heavy rain warnings for north island, upper south (RadioNZ)
      15 Jan: Heavy rain and thunderstorms on the way, with metservice warning issued (Stuff.co.nz)
      5 Jan: Wanted man avoiding police in upper north island (Stuff.co.nz)
      3 Jan: Weather: more than 1000 homes without power as storms lash north island (RadioNZ)
      3 Jan: After auckland, heavy rain and thunderstorms hit eastern north island (Stuff.co.nz)
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    Entertainment:
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    Business:
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    Law and Order:
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