Latest from Matamata-Piako District

Mother of two dead on highway hit-and-run

Catherine Matson was killed near Matamata in an apparent hit-and-run early yesterday.

Police identify hit and run victim

Meads sentence sets 'dangerous precedent'

Men will see murder as cheaper than divorce following the Greg Meads sentence, Sensible Sentencing...

AOS call-out after alleged home invaders crash vehicle

Racing: Top Guineas hopes given worst barriers

Well-drawn Sierra Nevada could justify Otto's Derby aspirations.

Man crushed by roller in serious condition

Hobbiton set to close for five weeks

Sentencing delayed to probe murderer's finances

Town still basks in glow of movie role

What will happen to Hobbiton?

Hobbiton has put Matamata on the map, but with production of The Hobbit shifting overseas, the town's future as a tourist hub is in jeopardy.

Wife-killer in $1.4m luxury hideaway

Greg Meads enjoyed his final months of freedom in a plush beachfront home with another woman before being convicted of murder.

Stepdaughter recalls mother's cold killer

Kimberley White remembers her stepfather Greg Meads enforcing silent meals at the family dinner table as he watched television.

Racing identity on trial for killing wife

A shooting victim told her husband days before her death that she wanted to move out of their home and move on with her life, a court heard.

Racing: Track may suit Miss Maren

Man kicked by racehorse dies

Battling actors have a hobbit onside

The furore over <i>The Hobbit</i> is the normal process of a union trying to talk to an employer who is refusing to talk back, says actor and director Ian Mune.