The Central Plateau is making a name for itself in viticulture, writes Jim Eagles.

A hunter is fighting for his life in Waikato Hospital after being shot by another hunter south of Taupo last night.

The prisoner who walked away from a minimum security prison yesterday was a murderer and double rapist.

Karl James Copley Lane admitted shooting Nadine Timmins in the head with a pistol after a dispute outside a public toilet.