OceanaGold Corp expects increased gold production at a cheaper cash cost in 2017.

Man had to be cut from the wreckage of one of the vehicles and was airlifted to Waikato Hospital after the crash about 1.50pm yesterday.

At least 10 people have been hurt, one critically and three seriously, after five serious crashes on Waikato and Bay of Plenty roads today.

Emergency services were called to the crash on Martin Rd in Waihi about 1.50pm.

The Western Bay District Council has brought in a security firm to patrol camping hotspots such as Waihi Beach and Bowentown's Anzac

One man's Saturday evening on a beach, at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula, ended in an unexpected chopper ride to hospital.

The Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter crew were sent out to Colville on Sunday in one of 19 callouts over the long weekend.

A truck has crashed on SH2 south of Waihi in the Athenree Gorge area.

The road is closed between Te Aroha Rd in Paeroa and Dean Cres in Waihi.

Oceana Gold has promised to care for the family of dead Waihi miner Tipiwai Stainton, saying mining company would treat his young son as one of its own.

The Waihi mine where a worker was killed will remain closed until Wednesday as staff prepare to attend his tangi tomorrow.

Tipiwai Stainton died when the front-end loader he was operating inside a Waihi mine fell into a void.

Police have named the man killed in last night's Waihi mine accident.

Rescuers have found a loader upside down in a Waihi gold mine, but its driver remains missing, a mine spokesman says.

A pistol-wielding robber stole money and cigarettes from a Waihi diary today as the terrified shopkeepers cowered on the floor.

Waihi police investigating the break-in at the town's Mobil service station, the fourth business to be targeted in Eastern Waikato over the past two days.

Two females were airlifted to Waikato Hospital last night after drinking an "unknown substance".

A man injured in a paragliding accident was airlifted from a paddock in Waihi on Saturday.

Community spirit, cool cafes and amazing walks add to the gold mining town's charm, finds Elisabeth Easther.

Five people required medical attention after getting into difficulty in the water near Bay of Plenty today.

Sure, there's gold in 'them thar hills' but there's far more to do in the mining town than a weekend is time for, find Donna McIntyre and her family.

A cyclist has died in hospital more than two weeks after he was hit by a car in Waihi.

Heart valves from a 3-year-old boy who died in a river just 200m from his home will save the lives of up to three other infants.

The mother of a 3-year-old boy found dead in a river 200 metres from his home has posted a tribute to her son on Facebook.

A man accused of killing expatriate New Zealander Robert Wilkinson has been found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter.

A jury has heard from a man accused of killing a man at Waihi Beach how he stabbed the man because he got a fright after the victim stood on his injured leg.