Sokoeun Ear was well known to Thames locals and holidaymaker passing through. She had finished doing the dishes after having dinner when she collapsed and died.

A person has died in a serious crash between a campervan and car south of Thames this morning.

A Waikato couple say they are willing to sell their beloved 103-year-old church to the right buyer for a discounted rate.

Man illegally digging pond near wetland gets caught out when his digger gets stuck.

A teenager is in a serious condition after suffering a spinal injury when he was head tackled during a rugby game in Thames.

A man's body has been found in the water off the coast north of Thames.

Two people escaped with just minor injuries when the car they were in rolled onto rocks along the Firth of Thames this afternoon.

The Auckland man whose body was recovered from a canyon near Thames over the weekend has been named.

Steven Glasgow left home late this morning. He suffers from a brain injury and is not able to communicate other than being able to say his name.

Police dog Thames has been missing for days. His human partner has said the public response had been overwhelming and “heart-warming” in the wake of Thames’ disappearance.

The search for police dog Thames, who has been missing in the Wairarapa since Sunday, is being scaled back.

A missing police dog spent its fourth night in the bush as rainy weather thwarted search efforts.

Missing police dog Thames spent a second night in the open last night after he became separated from his handler during a training exercise in the rugged Mt Holdsworth area on Sunday.

Police said a dozen people, including dog handlers and trained search volunteers, were checking “gnarly bush terrain” today for the missing dog called Thames.

The hunt is still on for a missing police search dog in Wairarapa bush.

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.

Susan Buckland gets in some bird-watching at Miranda's sanctuary.

Students were cold and shocked when they arrived at Thames Hospital after the bus taking them to camp on the Coromandel crashed early this morning.

Waikato Police are currently speaking to a man following an alleged armed incident near the Hauraki settlement of Puriri earlier today.

Two men have been arrested after shots were fired at a home in Thames this afternoon.

Too scared to sleep in his own home after a violent invasion, a 73-year-old man is seeking the public's help to track down the attackers.

Two cars linked to a Waikato home invasion where two teenagers were shot last night have been found by police.

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A Thames mother gave birth in the back of a car this morning as she was driven across farmland to avoid a fallen tree and powerlines blocking the road to hospital.