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Watch: Car keeps veering into traffic in 'bloody scary' 25km drive
'We were all trying to get home safely and no one wanted to die on the way home.'
‘When I looked down all I saw was red’: Mum’s frightening ordeal before twins’ birth
A mother needed transfusions after losing 2.6 litres of blood.
Manawa Udy on sustaining Māori business through political noise
Ngahere Communities' online store Konei opened its first retail store this month.
Check your tickets! Three BOP Lotto players win $19k
Thirteen Lotto players nationally won the Second Division prize money.
Lifeguards save beached dolphin at Mount, swimmer airlifted off Waihī beach
Plus, 'tonnes of shark sightings' in busy day for Bay of Plenty and Coromandel lifeguards.
Former PM speaks out after vandals target nesting colony of endangered birds
'There was no sign of the newly hatched chick ‘George’ ...some of the birds were missing'.
'Give something back': Man volunteers to milk cows this Xmas to give farmers a break
Ryan West continues his family tradition of milking the cows before opening the presents.
Have you seen this truck? Police seek info on burglaries
Police are seeking information in relation to a vehicle of interest in Waihī burglaries.
Waikato farmers swap tractors for surfboards
The annual Surfing for Farmers season kicks off in Waikato.
School group gets lost in Bay of Plenty bush, police praise what they did next
The search for the missing students ended in success.
'Radical idea': Mayor’s managed retreat idea divides council
A late addition to a submission to the Government about managed retreat was presented.
'I couldn't be prouder': Hauraki Council establishes Māori wards for 2025 election
The council voted against the wards in 2018, but councillors now 'committed to the mahi'.
Adopted 'sweet little dog' seriously injured
A "beautiful sweet little dog” was injured, returned to vet days after adoption.
'He had such a special place in my heart': Heartbroken mum fears missing son has drowned
The mother of Firth of Thames fisherman and dad-of-three Samuel McAlister wants him home.
Another byelection triggered as second board member quits
It is the second byelection announced for the district in as many weeks.
'Unprovoked and random': Shopkeeper allegedly attacked by man armed with homemade weapon
The man allegedly attacked the shopkeeper with a knife attached to a walking stick.
Man arrested after two separate assaults
Two people suffer injuries following incidents in Waihi this morning.
Waihī Beach: Flood issues top priority
The local Swat team is on the job, ramping up the need for flood protection measures.
'Shameful act of vandalism': WW2 veterans' graves desecrated
Families devastated and council fuming after graveside mementos wrecked.
'Heartbreaking': Beach residents count cost of flash flood
The local surf club president said the deluge 'came without warning'.
Flooded Waihī Beach pensioner flats may not be safe for months
'They left with the clothes on their back.'