Five state school principals have taken top jobs in private schools in the past two years.

Tiaan Herewini died from suspected huffing a day before his 14th birthday.

100 years on, NZ's darkest hour at Passchendaele remembered with commemorative stamps

Kawerau Mayor Malcolm Campbell discusses what the industrial service centre needs to do to ensure a prosperous future, after a Maxim Institute report forecast population decline in the area in the next two decades. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Shelley Crooks has returned home and taken her first steps on crutches, after her incredible survival after being lost in rugged West Coast bush for six weeks.

An English visitor who found Shelley Crooks six weeks after she was reported missing describes the moment the pair met on a West Coast track.

Third police chase: A child is seriously hurt after a car fleeing police flipped in a drain in the Bay of Plenty this morning.

280117aw24bop.JPG HELLO PORK PIE: Ashleigh Cummings and James Rolleston, stars of the remake of Goodbye Pork Pie. PHOTO/ANDREW WARNER.

Police have released more information about the movements of a woman who has been missing since December 22.

An Opotiki doctor is heading to America to research how technology is changing rural healthcare. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

South Island police are concerned for the wellbeing of two missing people and ask anyone with information to contact them.

A member of the public discovered a woman's body on a Bay of Plenty beach last night.

A man has been arrested after another man was allegedly stabbed in the remote East Cape.

Watch: Five months after a crash in which he and his best mate were seriously injured, James Rolleston still struggles to do simple things.

An 8-year-old boy was struck by a car as he walked home from a Christmas Day swim.

Actor James Rolleston presented an award at an event in Auckland last night, four months after the crash which almost claimed his life.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a pregnant Opotiki woman last night.

A woman is dead and a man is charged with her murder after an incident in Opotiki last night.

One person is dead and another seriously injured after two cars collided in Opotiki last night.

A woman has been arrested following a stabbing in Opotiki this morning.

The Motu Trails fundraising event, highlighted a section of SH2 that could be improved to provide a safer 'coast to coast' ride, linking Opotiki to Gisborne. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The Motu Trails fundraising event, highlighted a section of SH2 that could be improved to provide a safer ‘coast to coast’ ride, linking Opotiki to Gisborne. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Uretara Island, in Ohiwa Harbour, is now free of rats, and native birds are thriving, thanks to the work of dedicated volunteers. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Uretara Island, in Ohiwa Harbour, is now free of rats, and native birds are thriving, thanks to the work of dedicated volunteers. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Opotiki beekeepers are worried too many hives are now being placed in the region by corporate newcomers, threatening the survival of the pollinating bees required for the local kiwifruit industry. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

John Forbes' early blunder didn't diminish his election result. And he admits his opponent Les Keane ran a good campaign after all. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

A newborn baby has been flown to hospital with serious head injuries.

One of New Zealand's longest-standing mayors went to a rival candidate's home in his mayoral car and told him the region could save $50,000 if he continued in office unopposed.

Parents of a 14-year-old girl killed in a hit and run have spoken of their anguish that no one has been held accountable for their daughter's death.

Tai Mitchell rugby returns for its 75th edition this Friday when Tauranga West will try to defend their title at Opotiki's Memorial