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Arrests made after shots fired

Crown opts not to challenge wife killer's 'lenient' sentence

English teen admits crash deaths

An English teenager, in New Zealand on his OE, has admitted killing two people and injuring four others in a car crash near Matamata earlier this year.

Police talk to driver over hit-and-run death

Mother may have been hit by truck

Mother of two dead on highway hit-and-run

Catherine Matson was killed near Matamata in an apparent hit-and-run early yesterday.

Police identify hit and run victim

Meads sentence sets 'dangerous precedent'

Men will see murder as cheaper than divorce following the Greg Meads sentence, Sensible Sentencing...

Racing: Potential star in ascent after strong effort

Racing: Trainer faces drugs charge

Racing: Singapore swings for NZ trainer

'Suspicious' death in Matamata

Police are treating as suspicious the death of a man who collapsed and suffered a head injury last night in Matamata after reports of an altercation.

Teen tells of warning signs before killing

Town still basks in glow of movie role

What will happen to Hobbiton?

Hobbiton has put Matamata on the map, but with production of The Hobbit shifting overseas, the town's future as a tourist hub is in jeopardy.

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.