CAA report points to unsafe action but developer dad blames high winds.

Coromandel town police officers are baffled as to why anyone would want to set fire to their small station.

Take time out to enjoy the dramatic scenery along one of New Zealand's well-travelled routes. Diana Clement reports.

Travellers could get caught as heavy downfalls settle over the North Island for the next 24 hours.

Police say they have been advised of heavy traffic on State Highway 25 as Easter weekend holidaymakers head back to Auckland.

The autumn school holidays have started, and Easter is next weekend - make the most of the last of the warm weather by going somewhere you've never been.

With so much to see and do in Thames Libby Nicholson-Moon vows to return soon to take it all in.

Today the usually peaceful Coromandel will echo to the sounds of some of the most serious motorsport machinery ever assembled in NZ.

Think long weekend, think great escape. Megan Singleton recommends four getaway destinations.

Police are hoping the good behaviour at this weekend's Beach Hop in Whangamata continues as people head home.

People in northern and eastern areas of the North Island are being advised to take precautions as heavy rains threaten to sweep across those regions tonight and tomorrow, with a possibility of flooding in coastal and low-lying areas.

Heavy rain is on the way today for much of the North Island, with as much 200mm for some areas today and tomorrow, MetService forecasts.

This gracious home offers a permanent slice of seaside paradise.

A proposal to put an iconic Coromandel beach into public ownership has been withdrawn, but a new estimate that halves the land's value has given the Green Party hope a deal could still be done.

A runabout reported missing off the Coromandel coast may not have logged its return and was probably never in trouble, say police.