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Tokoroa house fire treated as suspicious

A blaze which tore through a house and car in Tokoroa this morning is being treated as suspicious.

Man tells of road worker shooting horror

A Rotorua man who was on the scene within seconds of a road worker being shot dead near Tokoroa says the victim was found with a hole in his head.

Victim 'loving husband, family man'

The family of a roadworker gunned down on an isolated South Waikato road were last night grieving for a cheeky, lovely and gentle man.

Roadworker shooting: No shots heard

Police investigating the fatal shooting of road worker George Taiaroa near Tokoroa yesterday say no one heard gun shots.

Man shot and killed near Tokoroa

A man has been shot and killed this afternoon in a forestry area at Kinleith, near Tokoroa, with police launching a homicide inquiry.

Couple jailed for abusing children

Fate sealed for death row dog

A Tokoroa dog on death row for more than two years with a bill nearing $80,000 in upkeep and legal costs has been sentenced to death.

One dead after crash in Tokoroa

'I wish it was a nightmare'

The family of the woman found dead along with her partner and three children in the wreckage of their crashed car near Tokoroa have spoken of their grief.