One person is being treated for smoke inhalation.

Boat loses steering in 75km/hour winds.

Orca put on a graceful show in Raglan.

Greenpeace and KASM give evidence about the potential impacts on marine mammals at the EPA seabed mining hearing in Wellington. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

While the CAA asserts pilot error caused the crash that killed 2degrees boss Eric Hertz and his wife Kathy in 2013, his test pilot brother blames an engineering error.

A sharp-eyed member of the public has got the Waikato Regional Council investigating why the water at Bridal Veil Falls has suddenly turned into a shade of "cow poo".

A woman escaped a wasp in her car - only to watch the vehicle roll into the sea and sink.

Three people nearly drowned at a Raglan beach this evening.

The "deeply distressed" mother of a six-year-old girl missing with her father on a catamaran for the last 11 days has spoken of her shock at their sudden disappearance.

Speeding motorcyclist killed fellow rider when he cut a blind corner, court told.

Waikato Police have arrested three people, including two teens, for ram raiding a Raglan service station.

Police are focusing on two vehicles involved in a ram raid on a BP service station in Raglan this morning.

Diana Paekau told her four-old son that they'll now be making a canvas roof tent their home for the summer because there is a shortage of rentals.

Fire investigators have narrowed down where Monday's blaze in Hamilton started, but just exactly what caused it remains unclear.

The Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter crew were sent out to Colville on Sunday in one of 19 callouts over the long weekend.

A 9-year-old suffered minor injuries after being caught in a rip at Ngarunui Beach at Raglan yesterday.

A human skull has washed up on Raglan beach this morning.

Neil Rendle has his best friend - and a TV ad - to thank for saving his life.

The man who died in a crash between Raglan and Hamilton last night was 49-year-old father of five Darren Merito of Raglan.

A light plane has crashed at Raglan Airfield.

Police have found a 74-year-old woman missing from Raglan since Monday.

As one of the frontrunners so succinctly put it: "That was super-hard, but man it was fun!"

Raglan harbour is now safe for swimming after a sewage leak a week ago, but it remains off-limits to fishers and shellfish collectors.

Waikato District Council said untreated wastewater had entered the harbour after the main inlet pipe to the Marine Parade pump station collapsed about 8pm yesterday.

Reihana Rapira, 12, is a natural sportsman, so his grandparents weren't surprised when he learned to surf after just a few days.

A young man who died after jumping from a bridge in Raglan has been remembered as a talented sportsman and "nicest kid".

Tributes are flowing for a teenager who tragically died after jumping from a bridge in Raglan today.

A Hamilton teen who was last seen swimming with his friends on Thursday afternoon remains missing.

Cory Edgecombe Lilley was swept away while swimming at Raglan on Thursday. His family are still holding out hope of finding him.

Family of a Hamilton teen missing from a Raglan beach say they will continue to search for him until he's found.