Not too long ago in Whangamata, locals near the beach might have peered out their kitchen window and seen a little girl walking down the street, lugging a surfboard twice her size.

A private lodge in Coromandel was badly damaged by a large fire early this morning.

A kiwi which was savaged by a dog near Coromandel has been euthanised at Auckland Zoo.

Two people had to be rescued from a vehicle that was left hanging sideways from a tree down a sheer bank after it crashed off a rural Coromandel road yesterday afternoon.

A man is dead after being involved in an alcohol-fuelled brawl at a Waikato property yesterday.

A diver is recuperating at the Devonport Naval Base after suffering decompression sickness during a dive.

A young man is being spoken to by police after he allegedly put a pipe bomb into a rural Coromandel letterbox last night.

A woman who suffered a suspected spinal injury while playing touch rugby was taken to hospital by rescue helicopter last night.

While you're in the 'hood check out some other finds.

Donna McIntyre escapes the city on a campervan holiday.

A police car was rammed by a stolen a vehicle during a high-speed pursuit in Coromandel this morning.

Coromandel township locals are appealing against a High Court decision giving the go-ahead for a supermarket development in the middle of the town's heritage protection zone.

The food on the Hauraki cycle trail was worth dismounting for, says Nadia Lim.

A 3.4 magnitude earthquake has struck the Coromandel Peninsula this morning.

In the first of a three-part series, Ben Crawford takes an exciting weekend road-trip to Coromandel.

Elisabeth Easther may just have to return to Whitianga in September for its famous Scallop Festival.

A former Coromandel real estate agent who forged his clients' initials on a document has been fined $700 - a fraction of the penalty he could have faced under new legislation.

The Pinnacles walk is the perfect way to introduce family and friends to the fun of tramping, writes Katie Furze.

A couple whose signature was forged onto a real estate document by a Coromandel agent are pleased he has been found guilty of forgery.

A Coromandel real estate agent who forged a couple's signature on an official document and then relied on it to enforce a contract will be penalised by a disciplinary tribunal.

A fully equipped motorhome has replaced a canvas tent in Sarah Lawrence's holiday affections

Coromandel's council has been accused of going against its own efforts to showcase heritage by proposing to dump half of the character town's listed buildings from the register.

A man is in a critical condition after a near drowning in Whangamata, on the southeast coast of the Coromandel Peninsula.