Injured man walked to help after crash
A man with serious head injuries walked "for a long time" to get help after a quad bike crash on a farm in the Coromandel.
A man with serious head injuries walked "for a long time" to get help after a quad bike crash on a farm in the Coromandel.
As the long weekend approaches, our thoughts turn to having a break away from work - but many of us will carry on with the job while we're away.
A paramedic who swam more than 100m to help an injured boatie says the feat was "hardly heroic".
The adult female humpback was discovered on Sunday, and Department of Conservation (DoC) officials removed the animal yesterday.
Coromandel landowners have voiced their opposition to the proposal for the peninsula to become the first area in the country to become a heritage region.
A retired bishop has been banned from his local petrol station, which has had eggs thrown at it and horse manure dumped in the forecourt.
The man who spent the night out in the open after his car came off the road in the Coromandel has his friends to thank for his rescue.
One person is in a serious condition after a crash in the Coromandel last night.
Next time you pass through Karangahake, trek the Hauraki Rail Trail or visit a farm.
They were a few kilometres off the coast of Coromandel trying to catch some snapper - they then hit a 63kg pig.
A missing Coromandel man who failed to return from an overnight hunting trip was located on Thursday evening down the bottom of a bluff near his home.
District Search and Rescue said it was out of character for 50-year-old Scott Grant Driver not to return home as he usually only went out for a few hours.
A toddler who survived a fall from a moving train carriage on a popular tourist railway line on the Coromandel Peninsula is recovering well.
Government scientists promise to keep a close eye on three scallop fisheries from where they have received reports of deformed, watery and stunted specimens.
Concern is stirring over the health of several scallop fisheries after an investigation has detected the spread of a new parasite to North Island waters.
Another development backdown at a world-famous Coromandel beach has renewed calls for authorities to buy the land for good.
A decision to withdraw subdivision plans next to a Coromandel beach - described by TV star Phil Keoghan today as “absolutely iconic” - has been met with relief.
A Whangamata man was 'pottering around in the shed' when a family member discovered that he had won $4 million.
The woman is understood to have been travelling with her daughter into Hahei township, while the second vehicle - carrying two foreign tourists - was leaving.
Squabbling developers are asking for public hearings on the New Chums beach development in the Coromandel to be postponed until they can sort out their differences.
A Thames man shot by police after an armed stand-off in the town has been named. Police confirmed he was Vaughan William John Te Moananui, 33, of Thames.
Police shot dead a man who confronted them with a gun during an incident on the Coromandel yesterday. The Armed Offenders Squad and the Police Negotiation Team were called after police were alerted to a "significant threat of violence" about midday in Thames.
Police shot dead a man who confronted them with a gun during an incident on the Coromandel yesterday.
One of the oldest human artefacts found in NZ discovered off Coromandel.
A teenage driver who careered off a cliff in his car says he owes his life to the family he narrowly missed on the rocks below.
Charity collectors are using checkpoints to stop drivers on a popular holiday highway and asking for cash.
A man jailed today for a violent kidnapping will be immediately eligible for parole having spent a year in custody.
One of New Zealand's few privately owned islands is in the process of being sold for more than $7 million.
A woman who watched in horror as a car careered over a cliff, just missing her two grandchildren below, says she would like to visit the crash victim in hospital.
A teenager was airlifted to hospital after his car plunged 15m down a bank in the Coromandel this morning.