Multiple arrests have been made after shots were fired at a Mongrel Mob funeral procession in Whakatane.

A brawl between two rival gangs involving weapons broke out during a funeral procession in Whakatane yesterday.

Median property values in Mangakakahi and Utuhina have jumped 30.3 per cent, with Fairy Springs and Western Heights close behind

House values in this area have risen almost 50 per cent in the past year.

Kiwi Dreamworld victim Cindy Low's distraught family have spoken of their loss for the first time.

The grandmother of the Kiwi woman killed in a tragic accident at Dreamworld is avoiding television reports on the horrific accident.

Family members of the Kiwi woman killed at Dreamworld have rushed to the Gold Coast to support her grieving husband and two young children.

A Kiwi woman's 10-year-old son watched her die in a horrific accident at a Gold Coast theme park.

As all the jobs and big-smoke buzz centres on Auckland, the regions are trying to find a way to carry on, writes Russell Blackstock.

The Bay man accused of attempting to kill two police officers and also allegedly shot at four others is heading to trial.

A police officer shot in the hand during a 22-hour stand-off in the Bay of Plenty on Wednesday has been discharged from hospital.

A teenager has been charged with murder after the suspicious death of a 23-year-old man in Kawerau yesterday.

One person has died and another been injured in a two-truck crash, which unleashed a swarm of bees, hindering emergency services attending the incident.

Three men are facing assault charges after allegedly stabbing two people and breaking another man's hand in Kawerau on Friday.

This geothermal beauty basks in the glory of its famous maunga, says Elisabeth Easther.

The injury to the neck suffered by a man stabbed in Kawerau last night was unsurviveable, police say.

Norske Skog said one of its two paper machines at the Tasman Mill at Kawerau would close as of today with the loss of 110 jobs.

This month's toll of job losses is striking - but it's a reflection of a slowing of the Chinese economy. It's time to look for jobs that have a future.

Kawerau has one of the country's highest proportion of beneficiaries, with 1725 of its 6921 residents receiving some kind of assistance.

Norwegian newsprint giant Norske Skog confirmed today that it will halve newsprint production at its Tasman Mill at Kawerau. A union claims more than 100 of the 280 employees may lose their jobs.