One person is dead after a truck and trailer unit rolled north of Waiouru in the central North Island late last night.

Alex Binns turns 70 on Wednesday but instead of celebrating, his family are pleading for help to find him.

A manslaughter charge has been laid against the man who shot and killed 25-year-old schoolteacher Rosemary Ives last month.

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After mixed fortunes fishing, Kerri Jackson decides River Birches luxury lodge is a better catch.

Anger is growing among hunters over the accidental shooting of a tramper as she was brushing her teeth.

Fellow hunters have expressed "disgust" at the actions of a man who shot dead a woman after he mistook her for a animal.

A young woman was shot in the head and killed - while she was brushing her teeth - by a hunter who thought she was an animal.

A Hamilton man will appear on court on a firearm charge after the death of a woman near Taupo last night.

The Central Plateau is making a name for itself in viticulture, writes Jim Eagles.

A hunter is fighting for his life in Waikato Hospital after being shot by another hunter south of Taupo last night.

The prisoner who walked away from a minimum security prison yesterday was a murderer and double rapist.