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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Upper North Island articles  Upper North Island
    Firefighters are returning to battle a blaze today at South Taranaki's Waiinu Beach - after rain was welcomed yesterday
     17 December 2025
    Firefighters are returning to battle a blaze today at South Taranaki's Waiinu Beach - after rain was welcomed yesterday
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    >> Environment News 

    Residents of a South Taranaki village have been on standby overnight to evacuate, as a vegetation fire rages nearby
    16 Dec 2025: Residents of a South Taranaki village have been on standby overnight to evacuate, as a vegetation fire rages nearby... more
    Police are canvassing a large area of Rotorua today after launching a homicide investigation into the death of a man on Friday evening
    15 Dec 2025: Police are canvassing a large area of Rotorua today after launching a homicide investigation into the death of a man on Friday evening... more
    A woman has been charged in relation to a death in Tauranga over the weekend
    15 Dec 2025: A woman has been charged in relation to a death in Tauranga over the weekend... more
    Left-arm orthodox spinner Ajaz Patel has been selected for New Zealand's final cricket test of the three-match series against the West Indies starting on Thursday in Mt Maunganui
    15 Dec 2025: Left-arm orthodox spinner Ajaz Patel has been selected for New Zealand's final cricket test of the three-match series against the West Indies starting on Thursday in Mt Maunganui... more
    Police are investigating a body discovered in Tauranga
    15 Dec 2025: Police are investigating a body discovered in Tauranga... more
    A marine search and rescue training exercise will be conducted off Port Taranaki today
    14 Dec 2025: A marine search and rescue training exercise will be conducted off Port Taranaki today... more
    A motorcyclist has died following a crash in Kaitaia last night
    13 Dec 2025: A motorcyclist has died following a crash in Kaitaia last night... more
    A homicide investigation is being launched after the death of a man in Rotorua last night
    13 Dec 2025: A homicide investigation is being launched after the death of a man in Rotorua last night... more
    Two aircraft - including an Air New Zealand flight - came within 41 seconds of a head-on collision over Northland
    12 Dec 2025: Two aircraft - including an Air New Zealand flight - came within 41 seconds of a head-on collision over Northland... more

     Most Popular Recent Upper North Island News
     04 Jan: State Highway 35 between Gisborne and Tolaga Bay, has now re-opened +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     04 Jan: Summer swimmers are urged to brush up on water safety, as the holiday drowning toll hits five ++++++++++++++++++++++
     03 Jan: MetService is forecasting severe weather to batter the North Island's East Coast this weekend ++++++++++++++++++++++
     04 Jan: ???1;Two more are being added to the holiday drowning toll after a pair was recovered from Ripiro Beach in Northland +++++++++++++++++++++
     07 Jan: Its sixty years today since a tragedy on Lake Taupo claimed the lives of four Wanganui Collegiate students +++++++++++++++++++
     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 +++++++++++++++++++

     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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