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  •   Home > News > National >  Subscribe to NZCity's Upper North Island articles  Upper North Island
    Torrential downpours in parts of Northland overnight have seen residents wake up to floodwaters
     18 January 2026
    Torrential downpours in parts of Northland overnight have seen residents wake up to floodwaters
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    A serious crash in Whakatane has left one person dead
    18 Jan: A serious crash in Whakatane has left one person dead... more
    There's reports of flooding in Northland following heavy rain
    18 Jan: There's reports of flooding in Northland following heavy rain... more
    Two people have serious injuries after a vehicle left the road in Bay of Plenty's Whakatane
    17 Jan: Two people have serious injuries after a vehicle left the road in Bay of Plenty's Whakatane... more
    Northland Police are calling out for more recruits and are trying to convince southern officers to join their ranks
    17 Jan: Northland Police are calling out for more recruits and are trying to convince southern officers to join their ranks... more
    The Whakatane, Opotiki and Gisborne districts are the latest to be hit by severe thunderstorms
    16 Jan: The Whakatane, Opotiki and Gisborne districts are the latest to be hit by severe thunderstorms... more
    A 37-year-old woman's been charged with murder, in relation to the death of a man in Tauranga a month ago
    16 Jan: A 37-year-old woman's been charged with murder, in relation to the death of a man in Tauranga a month ago... more
    Two people have died and another has moderate injuries, after a two-car crash on the highway between Rotorua and Whakatane
    15 Jan: Two people have died and another has moderate injuries, after a two-car crash on the highway between Rotorua and Whakatane... more
    A man's been charged - accused of pushing a store owner at Whananaki - in coastal Northland
    14 Jan: A man's been charged - accused of pushing a store owner at Whananaki - in coastal Northland... more
    Police asking for dashcam or CCTV footage following fiery crash north of Rotorua
    14 Jan: Police are asking people for dashcam or CCTV footage - after a fiery crash north of Rotorua in which a young driver died, and two passengers were seriously injured... more

     Most Popular Recent Upper North Island News
     24 Jan: Police have released the full list pf names of the six people unaccounted for following the landslide at the Mount Maunganui Campground on Thursday ++++++++++++++++++++++++
     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 +++++++++++++++++++++
     24 Jan: Pakuranga College is paying tribute to two of its students caught in the Mount Maunganui landslide ++++++++++++++++++++
     09 Feb: A major blaze at a Taupo high school's been brought under control +++++++++++++++++
     28 Jan: The first victim of the Mount landslide's been formally identified by the Coroner as Max Furse-Kee ++++++++++++++++
     18 Jan: There's reports of flooding in Northland following heavy rain +++++++++++++++
     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 +++++++++++++++

     Upper North Island NewsLinks
      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)
      31 Dec: Wed, 31 Dec 2025: 'quite heavy in localised areas ': more rain on the way for new year's eve (RadioNZ)
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