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A teenager stuck in strong waters around New Plymouth has safely made it back to shore

2 January 2026

A teenager stuck in strong waters around New Plymouth has safely made it back to shore

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Fire and Emergency received 15 calls between 12pm and one - as crews took strike action
	2 Jan: Fire and Emergency received 15 calls between 12pm and one - as crews took strike action... more

Kiwi pop band Drax Project started off 2026 with a car crash, in the Coromandel
	2 Jan: Kiwi pop band Drax Project started off 2026 with a car crash, in the Coromandel... more

Police are investigating an unexplained death in the suburb of Devonport on Auckland's North Shore
	2 Jan: Police are investigating an unexplained death in the suburb of Devonport on Auckland's North Shore... more

An investigation's underway after a serious crash near Levin that left a person critically injured last night
	2 Jan: An investigation's underway after a serious crash near Levin that left a person critically injured last night... more

Police are inspecting two homes on a property in Bay of Plenty's Pukehina - after the deaths of two people
	2 Jan: Police are inspecting two homes on a property in Bay of Plenty's Pukehina - after the deaths of two people... more

Surf lifeguards in eastern parts of the North Island have been kept busy with a five fold increase in rescues
	2 Jan: Surf lifeguards in eastern parts of the North Island have been kept busy with a five fold increase in rescues... more

Three people have been injured - one critically - in a two-car crash on State Highway 3 south of Turakina - near Bulls
	2 Jan: Three people have been injured - one critically - in a two-car crash on State Highway 3 south of Turakina - near Bulls... more

State Highway 57 near Levin in the Horowhenua District is closed after a two vehicle crash
	1 Jan: State Highway 57 near Levin in the Horowhenua District is closed after a two vehicle crash... more

A search and rescue operation's come up empty in Dunedin's mountainside
	1 Jan: A search and rescue operation's come up empty in Dunedin's mountainside... more

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Most Popular Recent Accident and Emergency News

04 Jan: State Highway 35 between Gisborne and Tolaga Bay, has now re-opened +++++++++++++++++++++

07 Jan: Its sixty years today since a tragedy on Lake Taupo claimed the lives of four Wanganui Collegiate students ++++++++++++++++++

03 Jan: The driver of the car crash that left boxer Anthony Joshua injured and killed two of his friends in Nigeria has been charged ++++++++++++++++++

04 Jan: Summer swimmers are urged to brush up on water safety, as the holiday drowning toll hits five ++++++++++++++++++

21 Jan: Whitianga's completely cut off by flooding - and Thames Coromandel District Council's urgently asking anyone in low-lying areas across the district to move to higher ground immediately ++++++++++++++++

04 Jan: ???1;Two more are being added to the holiday drowning toll after a pair was recovered from Ripiro Beach in Northland ++++++++++++++++

05 Jan: A man's appearing in court today, over a Hamilton hit and run that's left a person in serious but stable condition in hospital ++++++++++++++++

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Environment:
MetService has issued watches for rain and wind 21:56

Law and Order:
An 18 year-old has been arrested and charged in relation to a spate of burglaries last night in Cambridge 21:16

Tennis:
Despite battling cramp on a sweltering day seven of the Australian tennis Open, reigning back-to-back men's champion Jannik Sinner is in the box seat to progress to the fourth round 18:56

Politics:
Two women believed to have been killed in the Mount Maunganui campground landslide were friends 18:36

International:
US looks to South Korea to take 'primary responsibility' in monitoring Kim Jong Un and North Korea 18:16

Law and Order:
Pakuranga College is paying tribute to two of its students caught in the Mount Maunganui landslide 18:06

Rugby:
Olympian Sam Tanner has records in his sights ahead of this evening's mile race at Cooks Gardens in Whanganui 17:46

Law and Order:
Police have released the full list pf names of the six people unaccounted for following the landslide at the Mount Maunganui Campground on Thursday 17:26

Lower South Island:
Southland rider Josh Burnett has banked his third career win in cycling's Tour of Southland, finishing safely in the peloton to take the overall title by 10 seconds from Cambridge's Matthew Wilson 17:06

International:
Human remains found as New Zealand landslide search moves to recovery 16:56

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