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Role Funding: 0000 This week marks 140 years since Ngāti Maniapoto allowed the North Island Main Trunk Railway, known as Te Ara o Tūrongo, to pass through their lands between Te Awamutu and Taumarunui—a pivotal moment in New Zealand’s history. On April 15th, 1885, Premier Robert Stout and Rangatira Wahanui Hautare attended the first sod ceremony near Haereawatea.

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Role Funding: 0000 A large weather system is expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds to the upper North Island today.MetService has issued heavy rain and strong wind warnings for Northland, Auckland, and the Coromandel Peninsula, effective from early this morning into Thursday.

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Role Funding: 0000 KiwiRail has been fined $63,000 after the Te Huia train from Hamilton to Auckland failed to obey a red signal, risking collision with another passenger train in 2023. The train, carrying 94 passengers, passed a red light and damaged a set of points, stopping in an area where an oncoming train could have collided.Following the incident, Te Huia was banned from central Auckland for two weeks.

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Role Funding: 0000 Green MP Tamatha Paul has launched a fundraiser for a group aiming to defund the police and abolish the court system. The debate began after Paul attended a discussion on radical police abolition in Christchurch. The ACT Party has questioned whether the Greens support this stance.

1 week ago | waateanews.com | Kawe Roes

Role Funding: 0000 Heavy rain and severe gales are set to lash the upper North Island from Wednesday as a deep subtropical low approaches. MetService has issued heavy rain and strong wind watches for Northland, Auckland, and the Coromandel Peninsula. Rain is expected from Wednesday morning in Northland and midday in Auckland and Coromandel, with strong winds following in the afternoon and evening.