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Armed Police are attending an incident in Waikato's Parawera, southeast of Te Awamutu

2 March 2026

Mellsop Road is closed, and cordons are in place near Arapuni Road.

People are being advised to avoid the area.

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Other Upper North Island News

01 Mar: Police are seeking more information about a serious assault in Matangi, in the Waikato

28 Feb: One person's died in a single vehicle crash, in Te Kopuru, south of Northland's Dargaville this morning

27 Feb: A man will appear in Napier District Court today facing a charge of the murder of Rotorua woman Sharlene Smith

27 Feb: It's expected to be months before storm-ravaged highways on the Coromandel Peninsula are fully restored

26 Feb: An IT outage affected radiology departments in Auckland and Northland hospitals this afternoon

26 Feb: Two women will appear in court today - and a man next month - in relation to a reported shooting in Waikato's Te Kauwhata, north of Huntly

25 Feb: A 24-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving in relation to a fatal crash on State Highway One south of Taupo

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