The holiday road toll now stands at eight following a crash in Opotiki in the eastern Bay of Plenty this evening in which a man died after being flung through the windscreen of a car.

The quest may no longer be for the elixir of immortality but with an ageing population there is increased awareness of what it takes to live long and well, writes Dionne Christian.

A hunting trip turned to tragedy when a group tried to raft out of a remote part of Eastern Bay of Plenty on a swollen river.

The director has agreed to become the first patron of Opotiki's De Luxe Theatre, in the eastern Bay of Plenty.

An agitated, machete-wielding man with a history of violence and mental illness has been subdued by a threat of taser use, say police.

The family of an up-and-coming Maori leader killed in a pub assault are astonished that his attacker has been bailed to live with his family.

It's all very well acting and starring in the second feature based on your Oscar-nominated short.

An eyewitness to an attack on school principal and councillor Hawea Vercoe, told a court his head was kicked like a rugby ball.

A 37 year-old will appear in court tomorrow after allegedly threatening police with a machete.

Two teenagers who brutally murdered retired Opotiki teacher John Rowe have been sentenced to at least 17 years in prison.

The young age of two attackers convicted of the killing of an elderly retired man left police and the victim's family with a sense of disbelief.