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

16 February 2026

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

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A large structure fire, has closed a stretch of State Highway 2 in Wairoa
	15 Feb: A large structure fire, has closed a stretch of State Highway 2 in Wairoa... more

A person has died and three people have been hospitalised after a single vehicle crash in Whangarei's Ruatangata West
	15 Feb: A person has died and three people have been hospitalised after a single vehicle crash in Whangarei's Ruatangata West... more

Rotorua's getting another chance to showcase itself this weekend
	14 Feb: Rotorua's getting another chance to showcase itself this weekend... more

A state of emergency has been declared for the Otorohanga District in the Waikato - which has been inundated with widespread flooding and slips overnight
	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... more

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
	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... more

State Highway 31 and State Highway 39 in the Waikato's Otorohanga District, are both currently blocked due to significant flooding and slips
	13 Feb: State Highway 31 and State Highway 39 in the Waikato's Otorohanga District, are both currently blocked due to significant flooding and slips... more

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

Areas surrounding the base of Mount Maunganui remain off-limits, and geotechnical experts warn the risk of more slips is still high
	12 Feb: Areas surrounding the base of Mount Maunganui remain off-limits, and geotechnical experts warn the risk of more slips is still high... more

A temporary education hub has opened for Northland secondary students, cut off from their schools by a massive slip
	12 Feb: A temporary education hub has opened for Northland secondary students, cut off from their schools by a massive slip... more

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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 +++++++++++++++++++

05 Feb: Police say a Papamoa woman missing in the Kaimai Range has been found safe and well ++++++++++++++++

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

05 Feb: A 53-year-old man's been arrested and charged in relation to a suspicious fire at a commercial premises on Oruanui Street in Taupo's CBD on Tuesday night +++++++++++++++

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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