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Latest Regional - Central Plateau

  • Dom Post deliveries disrupted

    Dom Post deliveries disrupted

    Sat, 11th Feb - The Dominion Post will not be delivered to many parts of the North Island due to an electrical fault at the newspaper's printing press... Read more

  • Pulp mill fined after worker injured

    Fri, 10th Feb - A central North Island pulp mill will have to pay more than $45,000 after an employee was injured in a 3.5m fall at a forestry site... Read more

  • Hosking, Hawkesby tie the knot

    Hosking, Hawkesby tie the knot

    Sat, 28th Jan - Guests signed confidentiality agreements before watching broadcasters Mike Hosking and Kate Hawkesby marry in a secret ceremony... Read more


Latest Regional - Central Plateau Headlines

  • Man killed when car rolls

    Man killed when car rolls

    Fri, 27th Jan - A 46-year-old man died after his car rolled 60 metres down a steep bank in the central North Island... Read more

  • Deep 4.6 quake north of Taupo

    Mon, 23rd Jan - A 4.6-magnitude earthquake has struck 20 kilometres north of Taupo but, at a depth of 110km, it has not caused any reported damage... Read more

  • Turangi attack teen 'a nice guy'

    Turangi attack teen 'a nice guy'

    Thu, 19th Jan - A friend of the teenager who raped a five-year-old girl at a Turangi campground say he was "a nice guy" that "everyone loved"... Read more

  • Plane forced to land near Waiouru

    Fri, 27th Jan - A pilot is lucky to have escaped unharmed when he was forced to land his Defence Force plane near the Desert Road, just north of Waiouru... Read more

  • Rare motorcycles stolen in Hamilton

    Rare motorcycles stolen in Hamilton

    Thu, 19th Jan - Rare classic motorcycles, worth around $45,000, have been stolen in what police believe was a targeted raid on the home of an elderly Hamilton man... Read more

  • Lawyer says Turangi rape accused shouldn't be tried as adult

    Lawyer says Turangi rape accused shouldn't be tried as adult

    Wed, 18th Jan - A high-profile lawyer is worried that the teenager who admitted raping a young girl at a Turangi camping ground last month, may not get the treatment needed if he is sentenced as an adult... Read more




  • Turangi teen guilty of campground rape to be sentenced as adult

    Turangi teen guilty of campground rape to be sentenced as adult

    Wed, 18th Jan - A Turangi teenager has admitted breaking into a caravan at a holiday park before Christmas and raping a five-year-old girl... Read more

  • Turangi rape accused back in court

    Turangi rape accused back in court

    Wed, 18th Jan - The Turangi 16-year-old accused of raping a five-year-old girl will be back in the Taupo Youth Court on Wednesday... Read more

  • Lawyers defend Turangi judge's remark

    Lawyers defend Turangi judge's remark

    Mon, 16th Jan - Lawyers are defending a judge's comment that the Turangi teen who allegedly raped a 5yo girl at a campground looked "very smart"... Read more

  • Turangi sex attack teen pleads guilty

    Turangi sex attack teen pleads guilty

    Wed, 18th Jan - The Turangi youth accused of raping a five-year-old girl at a campground in the town has today pleaded guilty to all charges against him... Read more

  • Lawyer rejects petition to try Turangi accused as adult

    Lawyer rejects petition to try Turangi accused as adult

    Tue, 17th Jan - A petition to have a 16-year-old sentenced as an adult has been criticised by a leading barrister... Read more




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