Police were called shortly after seven on Friday night to a Pyes Pa orchard where a man on a tractor had been trapped by the tree.

WorkSafe's been notified.

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Other Upper North Island News

30 Jun: A 17-year-old missing for almost a week in Auckland - after moving from Waikato, has been found safe and well

29 Jun: A Waikato Police officer's triggered an audit of the use of the police database, after making over a thousand checks of a person while off-duty.

29 Jun: Waikato children are benefiting from an intiative providing free dental surgery

28 Jun: A person's died on the scene of a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian on Tokoroa's Lomond Avenue

28 Jun: Police are appealing for information after a dog walker was sexually assaulted, in Waikato's Tokoroa yesterday night

26 Jun: A second person has been arrested in relation to a toddler's death in Northland's Kaikohe

26 Jun: Rotorua Police have charged a second person over a motorbike hit-and-run almost two weeks ago, that killed 24-year-old Paige Johnson

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RUGBY
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National:
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National:
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Business:
A former financial advisor's pleaded guilty to stealing from elderly clients - after a Financial Markets Authority investigation 12:27

National:
Celebrities, blue jeans and couture: how Anna Wintour changed fashion over 37 years at Vogue 12:17

National:
Mommy dearest? Molly Jong-Fast’s blistering memoir of her ‘always performing’ mother Erica is hilarious and moving 12:07

Rugby:
Black Ferns coach Allan Bunting's made four changes to his 33-woman squad for the side's final outings before their World Cup defence, starting August 23 11:57

Basketball:
Basketballer LeBron James is set for a record 23rd season in the NBA 11:57

General:
A post-Paris lull is over for kayak cross Olympic champion Finn Butcher 11:47

Sailing:
Rower Logan Ullrich has won his first World Cup title in the single sculls at Lucerne, while in Prague kayak cross paddler Finn Butcher has added a maiden World Cup title to his Olympic gold 11:27

Motoring:
F1 Austrian Grand Prix: Lando Norris beats Oscar Piastri to race win, Carlos Sainz out after car catches fire in pits 11:17

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