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A body's been found in the search for a jet skiier, who went missing from the Waikato Bar, on Christmas Day

27 December 2025

A body's been found in the search for a jet skiier, who went missing from the Waikato Bar, on Christmas Day

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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

Two people have been badly injured after a car crashed into a tree in Tolaga Bay, north of Gisborne, early this morning
	25 Dec 2025: Two people have been badly injured after a car crashed into a tree in Tolaga Bay, north of Gisborne, early this morning... more

State Highway One through Northland's Waipu is blocked following a crash - leaving 5 people injured, one seriously
	24 Dec 2025: State Highway One through Northland's Waipu is blocked following a crash - leaving 5 people injured, one seriously ... more

One person's died following a house fire in New Plymouth overnight
	24 Dec 2025: One person's died following a house fire in New Plymouth overnight... more

Fire and police investigators are looking into the cause of a fatal house fire in New Plymouth in the early hours of this morning
	24 Dec 2025: Fire and police investigators are looking into the cause of a fatal house fire in New Plymouth in the early hours of this morning... 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 +++++++++++++++++++

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

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

Upper North Island NewsLinks

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)

31 Dec: Wed, 31 Dec 2025: 'quite heavy in localised areas ': more rain on the way for new year's eve (RadioNZ)

2 Oct: Thu, 2 Oct 2025: Rain, thunderstorms and even hail on the way for the upper north island (Stuff.co.nz)

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