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Fear you're too stupid for the smartphone?

SeniorNet on mission to keep aged community connected online and by phone

Mike King's tips for mental health

Comedian shares ways New Zealanders can get involved ahead of Mental Health Month October

What's eating Waihi? Battle lines drawn in the dig for more gold

Gold, frogs and politics - miners get go-ahead to open a new front.

Anti-mine group loses in High Court

Delahunty: Labour sabotaged Minister Sage, breach promise to ban mining Conservation land

Masked opportunity for Waihi College students

In Waihi, students have made masks in textile class to save families having to buy them.

He stood up and yelled 'I'm okay' - family grapple with crash mystery

Waihi mourns motorcyclist Mike Bainbridge, who died in a crash near the town.

Native species at risk from pest control toxin

Community-led predator control work uses toxins but there's interest in non-toxic methods

Thames-Coromandel economy takes hit

Mayor says stay positive, as a $26 million drop in expenditure recorded.

Waihi teens win Blue Light award

Bailey Cameron, 17, gets Overall Excellence Award and Zinzan Coop, 17, Peer Choice.

Editorial: Being grateful for alert level 2

For a while there it looked like we wouldn't get any winter sport at all. Not even surfing

Ex-Thames-Coromandel deputy mayor Tony Brljevic stands for general election for Advance NZ

Tony Brljevich is the Coromandel candidate for Advance NZ Party.

Sandpit behind 'giant sandpit' at Waihi Beach

Waihi Beach local questions need for sandpit at Island View playground right behind beach

Three decades of giving

Approaching 30 years as chair of Whangamata's community pool, John throws in the towel

Recalling the big floods of Paeroa

After 50 years in Hauraki Plains flood control, Ian Sara has "a great respect for water".

Red and Whites celebrate cup win

At 58 minutes Te Aroha got their first try and converted for a nailbiting score line

Whangamatā clinch McClinchy Cup in historic victory

"This has never been achieved in the club's history," says ex-president Kevin Brookes.

Help for Hauraki farmers

Hauraki and TCDC add to the $250,000 tagged for farmers in the Thames Valley

Thames murder accused name suppression lapses, pleads not guilty

Ngatea man Adrian Phillips entered a not guilty plea to the murder of Bayden Williams.