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Thames gunner named Soldier of the Year

Looking after mates earns soldier Person of the Year status.

Choppers fly in for SH25 slip work

Helicopters removed trees from the slope.

Coromandel's SH25A to open before Christmas - three months early

The reopening of the road brings a welcome economic boost to the Coromandel Peninsula.

Search continues near Whangamatā for missing man

LandSAR personnel are concentrating their search in an area from Wentworth Valley.

'I started losing it': Lotto winners' excitement at $1m prize

“We ordered takeaways and invited our family around to celebrate.”

Patient needing urgent care waits 10 hours to be treated at Waikato ED

The couple’s experience comes after Waikato had one of its worst days ever in July.

Emotional haka as council votes for Māori wards

The council just became the 10th local authority in Waikato to establish the seats.

Most Waikato councils opt for Māori wards

The most recent council set to establish the wards is Hauraki District Council.

Closer look at 1989 Swedish tourists case

34 years after tourists' disappearance, podcaster hopes to bring her family closure.

Thames Valley edge Whanganui in season-opening thriller

Last season's beaten semifinalists got revenge on Whanganui.

Bad vibe sinks Thames' 'tactical urbanism' trial

A plan to liven up the Thames CBD has proved to be widely unpopular.

Watch: 'Cleaned us out': Six ram-raiders steal $150K worth of stock in mall heist

The raid involved five vehicles and was 'like something out of a movie'.

Ruling looms for house plan above world-renowned Coromandel beach

Sites are planned so most places won’t be able to be seen from the beach below.

Five people spend night in cars on SH25 after slips trap them

State Highway 25 between Tapu and Waiomu is shut.

75 hours of rain: Local state of emergency for Tairāwhiti, 130 evacuated, all major roads closed, rivers rising

Prolonged heavy rain threatens to cause fresh slips and flooding across the North Island.

75 hours of rain: Residents in East Coast's Te Karaka self-evacuate, river levels continue to climb

Prolonged heavy rain threatens to cause fresh slips and flooding across the North Island.