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State Highway 1 has reopened on the eastern side of Lake Taupo between the intersection with SH41 and the intersection with Lake Terrace

8 March 2026

State Highway 1 has reopened on the eastern side of Lake Taupo between the intersection with SH41 and the intersection with Lake Terrace

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A section of State Highway 1, from Taupo to Turangi, is closed following a fatal crash
	8 Mar: A section of State Highway 1, from Taupo to Turangi, is closed following a fatal crash... more

A call for Northlanders to help reduce the spread of moth plant
	8 Mar: A call for Northlanders to help reduce the spread of moth plant... more

At the Taupo Ironman pro series event, Trevor Foley has won the mens race in seven hours, 46 minutes and 44 seconds
	7 Mar: At the Taupo Ironman pro series event, Trevor Foley has won the mens race in seven hours, 46 minutes and 44 seconds... more

New Zealand favourite Hannah Berry is leading the women's Ironman event pro series event in Taupo
	7 Mar: New Zealand favourite Hannah Berry is leading the women's Ironman event pro series event in Taupo... more

A patched Black Power member's been charged after allegedly assaulting two people in a road rage attack in Waikato
	5 Mar: A patched Black Power member's been charged after allegedly assaulting two people in a road rage attack in Waikato... more

The family of a Whangarei man is calling for resignations at Corrections after their brother and son was allegedly beaten to death
	5 Mar: The family of a Whangarei man is calling for resignations at Corrections after their brother and son was allegedly beaten to death... more

Tauranga City Council's extended its Transition to Recovery period from January's storm and fatal landslides - until April 1
	4 Mar: Tauranga City Council's extended its Transition to Recovery period from January's storm and fatal landslides - until April 1... more

A person's believed seriously injured after a single-vehicle crash on State Highway 1 near Northland's Te Kamo, just before 4pm
	3 Mar: A person's believed seriously injured after a single-vehicle crash on State Highway 1 near Northland's Te Kamo, just before 4pm... more

Holes poked in report claiming 383-million dollars would be generated from sand mining at Northland's Bream Bay
	3 Mar: Holes are being poked in an economic report claiming 383-million dollars would be generated for the economy from sand mining at Northland's Bream Bay... more

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Most Popular Recent Upper North Island News

09 Feb: A major blaze at a Taupo high school's been brought under control ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

09 Feb: A Taupo high school is closed until at least tomorrow, after fire destroyed a block of classrooms, with two people charged ++++++++++++++++++++++++

13 Feb: Police are advising motorists in the Waikato area, including Te Awamutu, Otorohanga, and Waipa Districts, to stay off the roads this evening due to heavy rainfall and flooding ++++++++++++++++++++

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

16 Feb: Police say it could take some time to formally identify a body, washed up on Mahia's Mahanga Beach, near Wairoa ++++++++++++++++

13 Feb: Evacuations and power outages - as strong weather traverses the North Island, with weather watches for most parts +++++++++++++++

14 Feb: A state of emergency has been declared for the Otorohanga District in the Waikato - which has been inundated with widespread flooding and slips overnight +++++++++++++++

Upper North Island NewsLinks

22 Feb: Life flight's new aeromedical airbase for upper north island officially opened (RadioNZ)

16 Feb: Magnitude 3.6 earthquake strikes near upper hutt (Stuff.co.nz)

30 Jan: Staff, public deserve answers after major it outage at hospitals, union says (RadioNZ)

15 Jan: Weather: severe thunderstorms, heavy rain warnings for north island, upper south (RadioNZ)

15 Jan: Heavy rain and thunderstorms on the way, with metservice warning issued (Stuff.co.nz)

5 Jan: Wanted man avoiding police in upper north island (Stuff.co.nz)

3 Jan: Weather: more than 1000 homes without power as storms lash north island (RadioNZ)

3 Jan: After auckland, heavy rain and thunderstorms hit eastern north island (Stuff.co.nz)

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