Police are looking for a man who indecently assaulted a 16-year-old girl in Thames on Tuesday.

Missing police search dog Thames has been found safe and well after going missing for a week.

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 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.

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.

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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.

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.

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Donna McIntyre escapes the city on a campervan holiday.

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.