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.

An abandoned car found by a hunter in the Rangitaiki Forest has been eliminated from the Mona Blades inquiry.

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.

A Kawerau man who has linked a dead traffic officer to two high profile cold cases says he has nothing to apologise for.