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.

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.

Kākā numbers are on the rise, looking for food around houses and farms. But these curious birds will eat anything, including lead which makes a sweet change from totara berries. 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.

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.

A child is in a critical condition in hospital after suffering severe burns in a fire incident this evening.

A 15-year-old was flown to hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest this morning.

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.

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.

A truck has rolled south of Te Kuiti on SH3 this morning.

The Government's water rights consultation hui is not robust or long enough, according to Ngati Maniapoto leaders.