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Police say an investigation into a large scale cannabis cultivation in Northland - Operation Peruvian - has come to and end with 6500 cannabis plants seized and destroyed.

A tornado has taken down powerlines and trees and lifted a roof in the Hauraki District this afternoon - one resident said he saw corrugated iron roofing flying through the air.

Police are conducting a search in Hamilton as part of the investigation into Auckland man John Mills' disappearance.

Community leaders say most people are more concerned about getting by day to day than worrying about an election that does not affect who is in power.

More than 20 people are facing charges after a beach hop event at Whangamatā on the Coromandel Peninsula this weekend.

Police are investigating an assault on a young person in Hamilton this afternoon.

Emergency services are responding to reports of trees that have fallen down on vehicles near Hamilton.

A man who saw a tornado pass close to his home this morning says it's never something you get used to.

Murders, suicides, medical negligence, and deaths that should trigger public health warnings could be missed if proposed law changes go ahead, experts say.

Police are appealing for information after a woman was assaulted in her Ngaruawahia home in Waitako during a burglary.

The National Party has announced a new policy for combating youth crime which would target serious offenders, including sending them to boot camps.

The amount the country's hospitals owe to more than a quarter of a million people has exploded to almost $2 billion.

An investigation is underway after an incident involving a police vehicle that hit a pedestrian near an intersection in Hamilton.

Police are dealing with three serious crashes, with two people left in a critical condition.

Police have not delivered on their promise to radically speed up protecting shops from ram raids, but the raids are dropping off anyway. Audio

The owner of a horse that had to be euthanised after suffering serious injuries while trying to escape backyard fireworks is angry there is nowhere to report the death.

Detours are in place around part of State Highway 29 in Waikato following a serious crash.

The Serious Crash Unit is investigating after a person died in a one-car crash in Tokoroa early this morning.

There are 13 severe weather warnings for the North Island today, covering Northland, Auckland and the East Coast.

Four people remain in Waikato hospital following a serious crash on State Highway 3 at Hangatiki.

A body has been found at the scene of a house fire in Ngāruawāhia.

A large scale search is underway in the Firth of Thames, after a kayaker did not return home last night.

One person has died, and State Highway 1 is closed at Lake Taupō and Waihola, after separate crashes this morning.