MetService has a red warning in place for the thunderstorms - which it says will move toward the area around Te Aroha and Paeroa at 7pm and be accompanied by torrential rain and hail.

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14 Oct: Major Taranaki and Waikato roads will stay closed overnight - with slips in today's downpours

14 Oct: Air New Zealand's teamed up with Air Chathams on a new partnership for Whakatane

14 Oct: A Coroner's found a 50-year-old Gisborne woman wasn't an appropriate candidate for surgery - which contributed to her death

13 Oct: Police have launched a critical incident investigation into a fatal crash in Whangarei on Saturday night - after they flashed their red-and-blue lights

13 Oct: A vehicle's crashed down a steep bank, at Tamaterau in Northland - on Whangarei Heads Road - and has gone up in flames

11 Oct: Taranaki coach Neil Barnes believes his first five-eighths Josh Jacomb is not ready for the All Blacks yet, heading into tonight's NPC quarter-final against Hawke's Bay in Napier

11 Oct: Otago have knocked out Waikato in the first NPC quarter-final, now it's the turn of Bay of Plenty and Tasman to tussle at Tauranga Domain today

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