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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Upper North Island articles  Upper North Island
    Northland police recovered restricted firearms and drugs, and a man was arrested, after he joined a police convoy in his Commodore - complete with flashing lights
     23 December 2025
    Northland police recovered restricted firearms and drugs, and a man was arrested, after he joined a police convoy in his Commodore - complete with flashing lights
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    Authorities are bemused by a rare case of dumpster diving for cheese - then sold on the black market in South Waikato
    23 Dec 2025: Authorities are bemused by a rare case of dumpster diving for cheese - then sold on the black market in South Waikato... more
    Police are appealing for any witnesses to a crash on Cheyne Road, Pyes Pa in Tauranga, last week
    22 Dec 2025: Police are appealing for any witnesses to a crash on Cheyne Road, Pyes Pa in Tauranga, last week... more
    Kane Williamson insists he's made no call around retirement - as the third cricket test against the West Indies gets set to enter it's final day in Mt Maunganui
    22 Dec 2025: Kane Williamson insists he's made no call around retirement - as the third cricket test against the West Indies gets set to enter it's final day in Mt Maunganui... more
    Police are investigating an unexplained death after a person was found unresponsive in the water in Rotorua's Waiotapu
    21 Dec 2025: Police are investigating an unexplained death after a person was found unresponsive in the water in Rotorua's Waiotapu... more
    Emergency services are at the scene of a single-vehicle crash on the Waikato Expressway (SH1), northbound, near Hampton Downs
    21 Dec 2025: Emergency services are at the scene of a single-vehicle crash on the Waikato Expressway (SH1), northbound, near Hampton Downs... more
    One lucky Whangarei lotto player's just become a multi-millionaire five days shy of Christmas
    20 Dec 2025: One lucky Whangarei lotto player's just become a multi-millionaire five days shy of Christmas... more
    Four people have been injured, one seriously, following a three-vehicle crash in Dunsandel in Canterbury
    20 Dec 2025: Four people have been injured, one seriously, following a three-vehicle crash in Dunsandel in Canterbury... more
    Emergency services are at the scene of a serious two-vehicle crash on State Highway One in Northland's Kaiwaka
    20 Dec 2025: Emergency services are at the scene of a serious two-vehicle crash on State Highway One in Northland's Kaiwaka... more
    A former travel agent has been sentenced to 13 months' home detention after deceiving her employers and acquaintances
    19 Dec 2025: A former travel agent has been sentenced to 13 months' home detention after deceiving her employers and acquaintances... 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 ++++++++++++++++++
     28 Jan: The first victim of the Mount landslide's been formally identified by the Coroner as Max Furse-Kee +++++++++++++++++
     11 Feb: Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others ++++++++++++++++
     05 Feb: Police say a Papamoa woman missing in the Kaimai Range has been found safe and well +++++++++++++++
     28 Jan: Tauranga's Mayor says a community gathering will be held tomorrow - to acknowledge last week's tragic landslide at Mount Maunganui ++++++++++++++

     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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