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Residents due to be hit by heavy rain and severe gales are being warned to act now

15 February 2026

Residents due to be hit by heavy rain and severe gales are being warned to act now

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The Warriors are adamant their 33-18 pre-season loss to Manly in Napier won't have any bearing on their NRL prospects
	15 Feb: The Warriors are adamant their 33-18 pre-season loss to Manly in Napier won't have any bearing on their NRL prospects... more

Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others
	11 Feb: Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others... more

Police are asking for any footage related to a stabbing in Hastings about 3.30am on Saturday
	11 Feb: Police are asking for any footage related to a stabbing in Hastings about 3.30am on Saturday... more

One person is being flown to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition - after a house fire on a hillside between Eskdale and Bay View in Hawke's Bay
	10 Feb: One person is being flown to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition - after a house fire on a hillside between Eskdale and Bay View in Hawke's Bay... more

Police are treating the discovery of a 64-year-old woman's body at a worksite on Taihape Road 0 in Omahu - near Hastings last week, as a homicide
	9 Feb: Police are treating the discovery of a 64-year-old woman's body at a worksite on Taihape Road 0 in Omahu - near Hastings last week, as a homicide... more

One person's died after a single-vehicle in Manawatu last night
	9 Feb: One person's died after a single-vehicle in Manawatu last night... more

Residents in Hawke's Bay's Kai-rakau have entered a second consecutive month of level 4 water restrictions
	8 Feb: Residents in Hawke's Bay's Kai-rakau have entered a second consecutive month of level 4 water restrictions... more

Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed a fatal assault outside a Napier nightclub, to come forward
	4 Feb: Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed a fatal assault outside a Napier nightclub, to come forward... more

Police have launched an investigation after a body was found at a work site in Omahu near Hastings
	3 Feb: Police have launched an investigation after a body was found at a work site in Omahu near Hastings... more

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09 Feb: Police are treating the discovery of a 64-year-old woman's body at a worksite on Taihape Road 0 in Omahu - near Hastings last week, as a homicide +++++++++++

11 Feb: Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others +++++++++++

04 Feb: Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed a fatal assault outside a Napier nightclub, to come forward ++++++++++

03 Feb: Police have launched an investigation after a body was found at a work site in Omahu near Hastings ++++++++++

27 Jan: Thousands of people have reported feeling a magnitude 4.5 earthquake near the capital this afternoon +++++++++

23 Jan: A high police presence will be visible in Masterton today for a gang-related funeral ++++++++

02 Feb: Napier Police have stood cordons down on Nuffield Avenue in Marewa, after a person was allegedly seen with a gun ++++++++

Lower North Island NewsLinks

18 Feb: Wellington and lower north island still without power days after weather bomb (RadioNZ)

17 Feb: Live weather: river breaches banks, floods close highways in canterbury (RadioNZ)

17 Feb: Live weather: floods close roads around banks peninsula as downpour moves south (RadioNZ)

16 Feb: Lower north island communities cut off by ‘unprecedented’ flooding (Stuff.co.nz)

16 Feb: ‘we just couldn’t cope’: residents dig out drains after lower hutt suburb submerged by flooding (Stuff.co.nz)

16 Feb: Winds gust to 240km/h on lower north island's east coast (RadioNZ)

16 Feb: Wind gusts measuring up to 240km/h recorded on lower north island's east coast (RadioNZ)

16 Feb: Power outages: what to do - and what not to do - when the electricity goes out (RadioNZ)

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