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State Highway 5 is closed south of Rotorua, after a petrol tanker rolled in the Whakarewarewa area, leaving one person dead

15 August 2025

Nearby Ngamotu Road in Rerewhakaaitu is closed, after a serious single-vehicle crash that's caused serious injuries.

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Other Upper North Island News

17 Aug: Waikato are wary of some big name personnel in the Counties Manukau ranks ahead of this afternoon's NPC rugby fixture in Hamilton

17 Aug: Corrections is carrying out a review after eleven inmates at Spring Hill Prison rioted and started fires in the exercise yard - prompting a lockdown

16 Aug: A half-century for Taranaki in rugby's NPC as the Bulls roared home with the points over Auckland, at a sodden Eden Park ... on Gold Sport

16 Aug: Emergency services are standing down after an incident unfolding at Waikato's Springhill Prison

16 Aug: To provincial rugby ... on Gold Sport ..

16 Aug: To provincial rugby ... Tasman lead their hosts Northland 21-nil at halftime in their NPC clash in Whangarei, the Mako scoring three unanswered converted tries

14 Aug: A man's been found guilty of murdering two people at a 21st birthday in Gisborne - in March last year

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Law and Order:
Mass murder investigation in Indian temple town amid whistleblower's claims of secret burials 13:07

Law and Order:
The IHC says an autistic man who has been kept in mental health care for minor offending, has had his human rights breached 12:27

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