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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16 Nov: Concerns growing about a missing Waikato man

15 Nov: Near Whakatane, State Highway 30 at Te Teko is blocked following a serious 2-vehicle crash

15 Nov: Authorities are still searching for one missing fisherman following a boating incident in Northland

15 Nov: A search is underway for two people missing in overdue boat off the Whangarei coast

14 Nov: A former Wairoa restaurateur is facing liquidation over a 400-thousand dollar debt to Inland Revenue

14 Nov: WorkSafe is investigating how a worker was "seriously injured" while cleaning at Claymark's Rotorua sawmill

13 Nov: Four people are injured - two critically and two seriously - after a two-vehicle crash about 5pm on State Highway Three - near New Plymouth Airport

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Health & Safety:
The Aged Care Commissioner's criticised a Balclutha resthome, where a 92-year-old resident was overdosed with fentanyl patches 12:47

Motoring:
The long road to the House of Representatives vote on the Epstein files 12:47

International:
UN Security Council backs US plan for an international stabilisation force in Gaza 12:27

Accident and Emergency:
A hunter has died after falling down a cliff on farmland at Motupipi, in Golden Bay, at the top of the South Island 12:27

Rugby:
New Zealand Rugby are pushing an every-game-counts mindset to showcase the benefits of the new Nations Championship format 12:07

Law and Order:
Police say a prisoner who escaped custody this month - wasn't considered highly dangerous 11:37

Health & Safety:
It could takes weeks or months to control a superbug outbreak at Christchurch Hospital 11:17

Living & Travel:
Strangers in their own land: how a new citizenship category could avoid a trap for Indigenous children born overseas 11:17

Cricket:
Opener Rhys Mariu's relaxed upon receiving another late call up to captain Canterbury in cricket's Plunket Shield against Northern Districts at Rangiora 11:07

Boxing:
Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will fight YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul on December 19 in Miami 10:47

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