Latest from Thames-Coromandel District

Karangahake: Windows into darkness

Mysterious trails lead to the ruins of an old mining operation, writes Jim Eagles.

Repeal welcome in the cradle of Tainui

Coromandel gateway taking shape

Alleged drug driver caught with cannabis

Ex-All Black loses battle with bank

A former All Black has lost another round in a legal battle with the SBS Bank over a million dollar debt on a Coromandel property development.

Damselflies in distress forced back to UK by climate change

<i>John Armstrong:</i> Better to bury failure than risk defeat

Better an utter, total if humiliating backdown than a messy compromise that keeps the mining issue alive into election year.

Community service for over $100k fraud

Earrings taken from dying patient

Tasers used at two weekend incidents

Police use taser on man injuring himself

Police used a taser on a 46-year-old man who was inflicting injuries on himself at a Coromandel Peninsula settlement today.

Thunderstorms set to hit North Island

Thunderstorm warning for upper North Island

MetService has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the top half of the North Island.

Weather wreaks havoc across North Island

Heavy rain has caused widespread flooding in Auckland, Coromandel and the Bay of Plenty with one family trapped in their car having to be rescued by firefighters.

Garden centre in holiday town deal

Plant business run by local identities and family home for sale.

Kiwis urged to brace for weather bomb

Heavy rain and gales are expected to lash the main islands from tonight, with the MetService warning of one of the "bigger weather events" for some time.

Severe gales, floods forecast for North Island

Don't put the umbrellas away just yet. A storm bringing more heavy rain and winds is on its way to parts of the North Island.

Seven arrested in major Waikato drugs bust

Police have smashed a major methamphetamine ring on the Coromandel which they say will put a "serious dent" in the illegal drugs trade in the region.