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Rescue helicopters key to flooding response The Westpac and TECT rescue choopers poised for action. Photo: Life Fight. ); } else { // } The value of New Zealand’s rescue helicopters in a crisis was never clearer than this week, as chopper crews played a key role in the response to major flooding across the upper South Island. In one particularly dramatic rescue, the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter plucked a man from the roof of his campervan as floodwaters su...

More heavy rain, gales coming for NZ Rain is expected in the Bay of Plenty this evening. File photo/SunLive. ); } else { // } Another burst of heavy rain is coming in for the upper South Island and other western and northern parts of NZ along with gale force winds from the northerly quarter. The wintry southerly weather pattern of a month ago is fast melting as a milder, windier and stormier west to north west pattern kicks in, says WeatherWatch.co.nz "Rain is forec...

Man who died in police shooting named File Image. SunLive. ); } else { // } Police have named the man who died following a firearms incident involving police in Hamilton last week. Joel Robin Buckley, 42, of Hamilton is the person who died in the shooting, which occurred in Hillcrest. The Police and IPCA investigations into this incident are ongoing. Officers were involved in a firearms incident at a property on ODonoghue Street in Hillcrest on Wednesday night. Off...

Body recovered from Rotorua hot pool Emergency services at the scene. Benn Bathgate/Stuff ); } else { // } A body has been recovered from one of the hot pools in Rotorua’s Government Gardens. Police, Fire and Emergency and St John staff have been at the scene on Tuesday morning where the body was removed from the Rachel Spring. A police spokesperson says they were called just after 10am “to a report of a body”. The cordon around the pool has since been lifted a...

National calling for the return of ARTs An armed response tema in action during the trial programme. File photo.SunLive. ); } else { // } National is calling for the return of Armed Response Teams in New Zealand. A six month trial of teams of police carrying firearms was launched in Counties Manukau, Waikato and Canterbury in 2019 and ended in April 2020. The teams were also used in some situations in the Bay of Plenty. Coster said the decision not to roll-out the te...

All Blacks captain’s BOP hope Sam Cane in action for the Chiefs. Photo. Tracy Hardy. ); } else { // } Bay of Plenty Steamers fans might be fortunate enough to see Sam Cane in action this season, as he eyes up a return to action after a spell out with injury. The All Blacks captain tore his pectoral muscle in a Super Rugby Aotearoa match for the Chiefs back in March. The former Tauranga Boys’ College student eventually underwent a full shoulder reconstruction, a...

Feedback sought on tarakihi catch limits Any changes will to come into effect on October 1. Photo: MPI. ); } else { // } Fisheries New Zealand is inviting people to have their say on proposed changes to catch limits and settings for tarakihi stocks on New Zealand’s east coast. Following a recent ruling in the High Court of the then Minister of Fisheries’ 2019 decisions for the fishery, Fisheries New Zealand is now proposing further reductions to catch limits to ...

Police were notified of the multiple vehicle crash on Spur Ave at 11.38am. "There dont appear to be any injuries," says a Police spokesperson. The road is not blocked. At the scene? Phone 0800 SUNLIVE or email newsroom@thesun.co.nz ); } else { // replace with your tablet/desktop ad unit id 300x250 document.write( ); }

SH29A now open following crash near Oropi SH29A between Oropi and Poike Roads has now reopened. Photo: TCC ); } else { // } 1pm update: State Highway 29A between Oropi and Poike Roads has now reopened following a three-car collision on SH29A east of Oropi Rd roundabout. The scene is clear and traffic is able to flow again. Earlier, 12.14pm: State Highway 29A is currently closed between Oropi and Poike Roads following a three-car collision on SH29A east of Oropi Rd ro...

Ten new Covid MIQ cases include mariners File Image. ); } else { // } The Ministry of Health advise that there are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today. There are ten cases of COVID-19 to report in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities since the Ministry’s last update on Friday. These ten cases include three of the four Viking Bay mariners who remain aboard the ship which is quarantined at Queens Wharf in Wellington. Welfa...