Te Kuiti man Broc Kawhena has admitted driving drunk and causing the death of 17-year-old Ocean Heke. It's nearly a year since the

A car has flipped on the main street of Te Kuiti but it appears the driver and passenger escaped relatively unscathed.

One person is in a critical condition after a road accident southwest of Te Kuiti.

Should Waitomo businesses be allowed to open on Easter Sunday? It's a question currently being considered by the council. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

District health boards are making their final preparations for the three-day strike by unionised resident doctors that starts tomorrow morning.

Almost 100 young people will get free restricted licences in Taumarunui, getting them off the street and into employment. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Waikato District Health Board is postponing around 500 patients' appointments because of the strike.

A person suffered head injuries after coming off their bike on a mountain biking track in the central North Island today.

The people of Taumarunui have been part of a social expert, that is paying off, bringing youth crime down. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Despite being diagnosed with cancer in August, Sir Colin Meads was on hand to watch his beloved King Country Rams take on North Otago in today's Lochore Cup final.

Candidate unremorseful after driving five times over the legal blood alcohol limit.

Otorohanga mother and son Clare and Ross Bremner will be farewelled together on Tuesday.

Four days, four deaths. Two towns. Keith Bremner lies in a coma in hospital, unaware of his only son's death or the destruction he caused.

The devastated daughter of an elderly couple found dead at their bach on the Kawhia harbour says she bears no animosity towards their suspected killer or his family.

A man who initially survived a crash after being flung from his vehicle - and then fatally injured when he was struck by another car

A driver who survived an accident south of Te Kuiti last night was apparently killed in the aftermath of the crash.

Treasured paintings of Maori ancestors have been stolen from a central North Island Maori trust's boardroom.

A Te Kuiti man will go on trial in November charged with the death of a Waikato teenager after an alleged hit-and-run.

Five trampers who were rescued from a ravine drove more than 120km to hand-deliver a basket of baked goods to the chopper team who pulled them out.

A man has suffered serious head injuries after an assault on Sunday evening.

A Te Kuiti teen "with a great attitude" died while crossing the Te Kuiti railway line as he went to get help for a friend injured at the nearby skate park.

A teenage boy is dead after he was hit by a train near the Te Kuiti railway station last night, after playing at the local skate park.

When Facebook announced it was going to list on the stock exchange, it became the hottest stock offering in internet history.

A sheep-farming family from Te Kuiti lost millions of dollars after being duped in a Facebook scam.

Police are seeking help to identify a man who tried to rob a Te Kuiti petrol station wearing a Halloween mask last night.

The body of missing West Coast man Leslie Wright has been found in the King Country.

Searchers looking for a man missing in the bush since Monday are concerned by the discovery of his cold weather gear, sleeping bag, food and footprints near a swamp.

Police searching for a West Coast man missing in the Waikato since Monday have found his car in an isolated rural area in the King Country.