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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Upper North Island articles  Upper North Island
    The father of Tauranga teen running sensation Sam Ruthe has paid tribute to the long-term record-holder his son has consigned to history
     8 December 2025
    The father of Tauranga teen running sensation Sam Ruthe has paid tribute to the long-term record-holder his son has consigned to history
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    A new DOC trial hopes to manage increasing deer numbers in a remote part of Waikato
    6 Dec: A new DOC trial hopes to manage increasing deer numbers in a remote part of Waikato... more
    Police are asking people to come forward with information on a 44-year-old Waikato man, last seen three weeks ago
    4 Dec: Police are asking people to come forward with information on a 44-year-old Waikato man, last seen three weeks ago... more
    Police have named a man killed in an altercation in New Plymouth last month - as 68-year-old Martin James Mooney
    1 Dec: Police have named a man killed in an altercation in New Plymouth last month - as 68-year-old Martin James Mooney... more
    A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for parts of Kaipara, Auckland City, Waikato, Waitakere, Franklin, Rodney and Albany areas
    30 Nov: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for parts of Kaipara, Auckland City, Waikato, Waitakere, Franklin, Rodney and Albany areas... more
    A man's been arrested after a gun shot was allegedly let off yesterday, near a popular Thames swimming hole
    30 Nov: A man's been arrested after a gun shot was allegedly let off yesterday, near a popular Thames swimming hole... more
    State Highway 36 Pyes Pa Road near Tauranga is blocked, after a car collided with a power pole
    28 Nov: State Highway 36 Pyes Pa Road near Tauranga is blocked, after a car collided with a power pole... more
    A person has died after a two-truck crash on Waikato's State Highway Two near Maramarua about 11.30 this morning
    26 Nov: A person has died after a two-truck crash on Waikato's State Highway Two near Maramarua about 11.30 this morning... more
    A woman's moderately injured - after being assaulted in her Whangarei home overnight
    25 Nov: A woman's moderately injured - after being assaulted in her Whangarei home overnight... more
    Police have revealed an 11-year-old was one of two who drowned off Whangarei's coast 11 days ago
    25 Nov: Police have revealed an 11-year-old was one of two who drowned off Whangarei's coast 11 days ago... more

     Most Popular Recent Upper North Island News
     12 Nov: Coromandel Peninsula's State Highway 25 remains closed south of Whitianga - after a crash about 10am ++++++++++++++
     20 Nov: A man's appeared in court charged with the murder of another man in New Plymouth last night ++++++++++++
     09 Nov: A Tauranga soprano now based in Hamilton has won first prize in this years New Zealand Aria Competition held in Rotorua this weekend +++++++++++
     18 Nov: Multiple fire engines are battling a building fire in Northland's Port Whangarei this evening +++++++++++
     08 Nov: Lake Terrace at the corner of Matuku Street in Two Mile Bay, Taupo, is closed following a single-vehicle crash +++++++++++
     26 Nov: A person has died after a two-truck crash on Waikato's State Highway Two near Maramarua about 11.30 this morning +++++++++++
     14 Nov: WorkSafe is investigating how a worker was "seriously injured" while cleaning at Claymark's Rotorua sawmill ++++++++++

     Upper North Island NewsLinks
      2 Oct: Rain, thunderstorms and even hail on the way for the upper north island (Stuff.co.nz)
      30 Sep: Fast-moving front set to bring cold snap to south island and lower north (Stuff.co.nz)
      11 Sep: Heavy rain, strong winds and thunderstorms forecast for upper north island (Stuff.co.nz)
      1 Sep: Toppled trees, fallen power lines overnight as strong winds and rain battered the upper north island (RadioNZ)
      29 Aug: Weekend weather: winter to end with thunderstorms, 'significant' wind gusts (RadioNZ)
      29 Aug: Weather: a windy, cold start to the weekend (RadioNZ)
      28 Aug: Metservice warns of wet, windy weather for new zealand (NewstalkZB)
      24 Aug: Hail so thick it looks like snow hits upper north island (Stuff.co.nz)
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