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.

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.