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Father's anguish after driveway tragedy

'It's a bloody terrible thing ... that was my baby girl,' said distraught dad Daniel Thompson after a driveway tragedy that killed his baby daughter.

Bay of Plenty tries to snuff out outdoor smoking

The Western BOP District Council is trying to stop smoking outdoors with a smokefree policy targeting 30 of the district's beaches.

Fears over unstable wall force Waihi's Martha Mine to shut

Hot start to beginning of the Enz

Kaumatua ban fishing as whanau mourn boy

Wairoa College student died while trying to rescue his prized and expensive basketball from river.

Body of missing boy found in river

Stolen SUV abandoned after head-on crash

Up to six people fled after the stolen SUV they were in collided with a car, leaving its driver with head injuries, police say.

Waihi teen struck by car

Fire-hit gold mill back in production