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Gisborne Police are deploying the Eagle helicopter, and placing more officers on the road, to combat reckless driving over New Years

30 December 2025

Gisborne Police are deploying the Eagle helicopter, and placing more officers on the road, to combat reckless driving over New Years

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Tauranga's community New Year's Eve events have been cancelled due to bad weather
	29 Dec 2025: Tauranga's community New Year's Eve events have been cancelled due to bad weather... more

A mum and two teenagers saved an elderly man who collapsed on a hike near Thames last night
	29 Dec 2025: A mum and two teenagers saved an elderly man who collapsed on a hike near Thames last night... more

Gisborne-bound motorists are being urged to drive safe, and plan ahead, as traffic's expected to worsen, over the holiday break
	28 Dec 2025: Gisborne-bound motorists are being urged to drive safe, and plan ahead, as traffic's expected to worsen, over the holiday break... more

A body's been found in the search for a jet skiier, who went missing from the Waikato Bar, on Christmas Day
	27 Dec 2025: A body's been found in the search for a jet skiier, who went missing from the Waikato Bar, on Christmas Day... more

A search continues for a person who went missing after a jet ski incident near Port Waikato on Christmas
	26 Dec 2025: A search continues for a person who went missing after a jet ski incident near Port Waikato on Christmas... more

A person's been airlifted to Auckland's Middlemore Hospital, after a quad bike rolled over around 2.30pm at Northland's Pouto Point
	25 Dec 2025: A person's been airlifted to Auckland's Middlemore Hospital, after a quad bike rolled over around 2.30pm at Northland's Pouto Point... more

A Coromandel holidaymaker is still in shock after a shark attacked his kayak 'completely out of the blue.'
	25 Dec 2025: A Coromandel holidaymaker is still in shock after a shark attacked his kayak 'completely out of the blue.'... more

A light aircraft has crashed into an unoccupied house on the Coromandel Peninsula
	25 Dec 2025: A light aircraft has crashed into an unoccupied house on the Coromandel Peninsula... more

The Civil Aviation Authority's investigating after a light aircraft crashed into a house on the Coromandel Peninsula
	25 Dec 2025: The Civil Aviation Authority's investigating after a light aircraft crashed into a house on the Coromandel Peninsula... more

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24 Jan: Police have released the full list pf names of the six people unaccounted for following the landslide at the Mount Maunganui Campground on Thursday ++++++++++++++++++++++++

21 Jan: Whitianga's completely cut off by flooding - and Thames Coromandel District Council's urgently asking anyone in low-lying areas across the district to move to higher ground immediately +++++++++++++++++++++

24 Jan: Pakuranga College is paying tribute to two of its students caught in the Mount Maunganui landslide ++++++++++++++++++++

09 Feb: A major blaze at a Taupo high school's been brought under control ++++++++++++++++++

28 Jan: The first victim of the Mount landslide's been formally identified by the Coroner as Max Furse-Kee ++++++++++++++++

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 +++++++++++++++

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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)

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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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