A snorkeller has been called the 'luckiest guy in the world' after his life was saved by two cruise boat skippers.

DoC is in talks about handing over camping grounds to private companies to run them at a profit.

Coromandel MP Sandra Goudie has announced she will retire from politics at this year's General Election.

New Zealand could face strong winds and rain from a tropical cyclone battering the Pacific Islands with winds of up to 225km/hr.

A row over developing Coromandel's Kennedy Bay could be solved by the sort of compromise proposed for nearby New Chums, one of the parties says.

The Gaia hypothesis - a theory of planet-as-a-whole-organism propounded by James Lovelock in the 1970s - was the underlying theme of the Gaia Galactic New Year's Eve party, Prana.

A teenage jetskier was killed yesterday when he fell off and was run down by friends. It was one of two horrifying water accidents involving young people in popular holiday spots.

A summer boating holiday ended yesterday in a cloud of black smoke and two burned-out shells on the side of the road.

Two boys have been injured after a collision between two boats off Pauanui overnight.

Roads and vehicles must be "more forgiving" to curb a road toll which averages more than one death a day, the AA says. Figures released by the Ministry of Transport today show 371 people died on the roads over the past year.

Fisheries officials are investigating the death of hundreds of snapper washed up on Coromandel beaches.

In the 1950s, high-profile American surfers and their camera crews broadened their search for the perfect wave beyond their home beaches.

Beaches around the country were packed yesterday as temperatures soared.

Police believe they have found the body of missing Auckland man Cem Erbay, 19, in the Coromandel.

A campaign is underway to save New Chums Beach in the Coromandel, named one of the world's top 20 beaches.

While you're slumming it this summer, others are living it up.