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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Upper North Island articles  Upper North Island
    Severe thunderstorms have been detected near the Raukumara Range and are moving south
     7 January 2026
    Severe thunderstorms have been detected near the Raukumara Range and are moving south
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    >> Environment News 

    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
    The Northern Brave have beaten the Sparks - formerly the Otago Sparks - by 24 runs in their women's Super Smash T20 game in Mount Maunganui
    4 Jan: The Northern Brave have beaten the Sparks - formerly the Otago Sparks - by 24 runs in their women's Super Smash T20 game in Mount Maunganui... more
    Summer swimmers are urged to brush up on water safety, as the holiday drowning toll hits five
    4 Jan: Summer swimmers are urged to brush up on water safety, as the holiday drowning toll hits five... more
    State Highway 35 between Gisborne and Tolaga Bay, has now re-opened
    4 Jan: State Highway 35 between Gisborne and Tolaga Bay, has now re-opened... more
    Surf Life Saving New Zealand says its lifeguards tried to resuscitate two people pulled from the water in Northland yesterday evening
    4 Jan: Surf Life Saving New Zealand says its lifeguards tried to resuscitate two people pulled from the water in Northland yesterday evening... more
    ???1;Two more are being added to the holiday drowning toll after a pair was recovered from Ripiro Beach in Northland
    4 Jan: ???1;Two more are being added to the holiday drowning toll after a pair was recovered from Ripiro Beach 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 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     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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