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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Upper North Island articles  Upper North Island
    Two men stranded on a drifting jetski off Taranaki Coast - have been rescued
     9 January 2026
    Two men stranded on a drifting jetski off Taranaki Coast - have been rescued
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    A deep, magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck the lower North Island, in south Taranaki
    9 Jan: A deep, magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck the lower North Island, in south Taranaki... more
    Police in Whangarei are appealing for information about an aggravated robbery on Boxing Day
    8 Jan: Police in Whangarei are appealing for information about an aggravated robbery on Boxing Day... more
    Police are appealing for information, about a boat stolen from a commercial yard in Whangarei on Tuesday
    8 Jan: Police are appealing for information, about a boat stolen from a commercial yard in Whangarei on Tuesday... more
    Three Lotto players from Auckland, Matamata and Timaru are in for a treat after sharing one million tonight
    7 Jan: Three Lotto players from Auckland, Matamata and Timaru are in for a treat after sharing one million tonight... more
    Severe thunderstorms have been detected near the Raukumara Range and are moving south
    7 Jan: Severe thunderstorms have been detected near the Raukumara Range and are moving south... more
    Its sixty years today since a tragedy on Lake Taupo claimed the lives of four Wanganui Collegiate students
    7 Jan: Its sixty years today since a tragedy on Lake Taupo claimed the lives of four Wanganui Collegiate students... more
    Three people are in hospital after surf life savers were alerted by screams at Coromandel's Tairua Beach
    7 Jan: Three people are in hospital after surf life savers were alerted by screams at Coromandel's Tairua Beach... more
    Fisheries New Zealand's investigating after reports of illegal fish dumping near Great Barrier Island
    6 Jan: Fisheries New Zealand's investigating after reports of illegal fish dumping near Great Barrier Island... more
    Everyone's accounted for - after a house fire in Whakatane last night
    6 Jan: Everyone's accounted for - after a house fire in Whakatane last night... more

     Most Popular Recent Upper North Island News
     09 Feb: A major blaze at a Taupo high school's been brought under control ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     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 +++++++++++++++++++++
     11 Feb: Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others ++++++++++++++++++++
     16 Feb: Police say it could take some time to formally identify a body, washed up on Mahia's Mahanga Beach, near Wairoa ++++++++++++++++
     13 Feb: Evacuations and power outages - as strong weather traverses the North Island, with weather watches for most parts +++++++++++++++
     14 Feb: A state of emergency has been declared for the Otorohanga District in the Waikato - which has been inundated with widespread flooding and slips overnight +++++++++++++++

     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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