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.

Police were called about midday today to a situation in the Thames region, where there was a significant threat of violence.

An armed offenders call-out just outside Thames has been resolved.

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.

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.

Head to some of these local gems next time you're visiting the peninsula.

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.

The scene of a fatal car crash in Thames has reopened to traffic this morning.

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

A dispute between neighbours sparked reports of an armed confrontation and a Thames suburb being cordoned off yesterday, police said.

A woman was critically injured when her car overturned in a crash on Kaihere Road near Kerepehi, south of Thames.

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

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

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

As valuable to marine life as it is prized by humans, the Hauraki Gulf is in decline. Though solutions seem as elusive as the gulf's fish stocks, a groundswell is building for collaboration.