Latest from Kawerau
Owners of burned hotel had enforced no-patch rule
A bar owner reportedly doused in petrol before he escaped his burning hotel had previous run-ins with gang members, locals say.
Hotel fire: owner soaked in petrol
A hotelier who was doused with petrol during a robbery was lucky to escape with his life as the building was gutted by fire.
Robbers doused hotelier in petrol, lit hotel
A man was doused in petrol but managed to crawl to safety as his hotel burned to the ground after a robbery this morning.
Police name horror crash victims
Police have identified the three young people killed in a horror collision between their car and a bus on Saturday, leaving two others with serious injuries.
Hero of deadly crash speaks out
A quick-thinking hero who pulled a driver from a fiery crash which claimed the lives of two people, including a baby, said the man stank of alcohol and didn't know what day it was.
Man crushed in wood-pulp machine
A man has died after being crushed in a wood-pulp rolling machine at the Carter Holt Harvey Tasman Mill in Kawerau.
Peters: NZ First in 2011 bid to save country
Winston Peters is back with all guns blazing today in a speech slamming immigration, foreign ownership and the Government.
Brutal attack ends ranger's working life
An animal control officer severely beaten while seizing an unregistered dog says he can never return to his job.
Animal officer attacked by dog owner
A Rotorua animal control officer suffered serious head injuries when beaten while investigating a complaint.