Road closed north of Tairua after two-vehicle crash on the Coromandel Peninsula.

A teenage girl has been flown to hospital after jumping off a cliff at Cathedral Cove.

A 110km bicycle ride's a breeze when it's topped up with a wine or three.

Ellie Hutchinson encounters adrenalin, exhaustion and good food near Thames.

Opito Bay: snorkelling, diving, boating, fishing, shellfish hunting, picnicking, paddling

Whangamata Beach was closed due to a shark sighting between 12.45pm and 1.45pm today.

Slim chance of more destruction to the coast when the next king tide comes: Scientist

Diverse population spurs students to learn other nations' languages.

Two women were airlifted to hospital following separate accidents involving horses.

Uh-oh. Higher than normal rainfall forecast for most of the country in the next two weeks.

Thames-Coromandel produces the most recycling over the festive period.

NZTA lift traffic cordons and convoys from Thames Coast Road.

Thames Coast Rd residents are pleased the road is able to open today.

Lauren Letford woke to her husband shouting "F***en hold on" as a car hurtled towards them

Graham filed an $45k insurance claim for flood damage last March, this time it'll be $80k.

A Hauraki town faces a huge clean up after a summer deluge.

The lane will open around 9am, with escorted convoys along the full length of the road.

Thousands are still without power - and one Franklin man isn't happy about the wait.

A major route for holidaymakers heading in and out of the Coromandel has been closed.

7.5 metre waves recorded off Wellington; firefighters deal with 543 weather-related calls.

"Beautiful" pink jellyfish finds new home on pensioner's deck after storm.

Man kayaks through flooded town to deliver mail.

"My husband said 'I think we need to go'".

The road is crumbling with large chunks of debris thrown across the highway.

The bride and groom are just hoping they don't have to be in wetsuits.

Coromandel, Auckland, Waitomo and the Bay of Plenty are about to be hit by strong winds.

Keen drinkers reveal the construction process of their liquor-ban free island.

Group of six built the platform in estuary 'for a good laugh'.

GQ magazine praises 'heroic New Zealanders' for breaking liquor ban on sand island.

They were cooling off on a hot summer's day but a shark alert put paid to holiday plans.