Latest from Waihi

SH29 Kaimai Range closed overnight Sunday August 29

Road users are advised to plan their travel outside the planned closure where possible.

Waihi drowning: School board charged after death of student

Jaden Chhayrann, 17, got caught in a rip while going for a swim on a geography trip.

GPs copping abuse from frustrated patients waiting for vaccine

Staff were getting daily phone calls from frustrated patients wanting to be vaccinated.

Woman, 63, dies in Waihī house fire

Fire crews arrived to be confronted by a well-involved blaze.

Waihī Beach drowning: Charges laid over Hamilton student's death

Those charged will appear in the Hamilton District Court in May.

Shark attack victim farewelled with special memento from beach where she lost her life

A special handcrafted shell wreath framed the coffin of the teenage shark victim.

'Extreme grief' after Hamilton woman killed in shark attack

Locals and bach owners say they are devastated and saddened by the death of the woman.

Busy roads predicted now inter-regional travel allowed

Central Waikato summer maintenance programme begins near Tirau.

The $2.1b prize: Waihi Gold gets permit for controversial project

The underground mine is in an area home to the endangered Archey's Frog.

Mine rescue: loader found, miner missing

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

Robberies blamed on 'out-of-towners'

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.