Latest from Matamata-Piako District

Wife-killer in $1.4m luxury hideaway

Greg Meads enjoyed his final months of freedom in a plush beachfront home with another woman before being convicted of murder.

Stepdaughter recalls mother's cold killer

Kimberley White remembers her stepfather Greg Meads enforcing silent meals at the family dinner table as he watched television.

Racing identity on trial for killing wife

A shooting victim told her husband days before her death that she wanted to move out of their home and move on with her life, a court heard.

Racing: Track may suit Miss Maren

Man kicked by racehorse dies

Battling actors have a hobbit onside

The furore over <i>The Hobbit</i> is the normal process of a union trying to talk to an employer who is refusing to talk back, says actor and director Ian Mune.

Helmet would have saved farmer - police

Couple struggle with daughters' loss

Kerry and Lynne Martin are unsure about swimming in Samoa after losing their two daughters in the tsunami.

Girl dies in her father's arms

A grieving dad has told how he cradled his 10-year-old daughter in his arms as she passed away from an asthma attack.