A massive slip has closed State Highway 25 between Waihi and Whiritoa. It is one of a sting of closures around the region following heavy rain overnight. Made with funding from NZ On Air

A large slip has closed State Highway 25 between Waihi and Whiritoa. It is one of a sting of closures around the region following heavy rain overnight. Made with funding from NZ On Air

A child has been flown to hospital after a collision between a rubbish truck and ute.

A shark was spotted lurking in knee-deep water in the Bay of Plenty today.

A local property owner in Waihi Beach is at odds with the Western Bay of Plenty District Council over the management of an erosion control project that affects his land. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Tonga Moke had only ever been ill enough to visit his doctor once in his adult life - so it came as a surprise when his heart unexpectedly stopped for 25 minutes.

The partner of a woman seriously injured in a head-on crash on a notorious stretch of State Highway 2 is calling for safety upgrades on the road to be fast-tracked.

When Alan Taikato heads into Waihi tomorrow Wednesday to pay his bills and do his weekly shopping, he'll be riding a new electric

Two young men in a kayak managed to haul a 150kg shark to shore in the Bay of Plenty last night.

OceanaGold Corp expects increased gold production at a cheaper cash cost in 2017.

Man had to be cut from the wreckage of one of the vehicles and was airlifted to Waikato Hospital after the crash about 1.50pm yesterday.

At least 10 people have been hurt, one critically and three seriously, after five serious crashes on Waikato and Bay of Plenty roads today.

Emergency services were called to the crash on Martin Rd in Waihi about 1.50pm.

The Western Bay District Council has brought in a security firm to patrol camping hotspots such as Waihi Beach and Bowentown's Anzac

One man's Saturday evening on a beach, at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula, ended in an unexpected chopper ride to hospital.

The Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter crew were sent out to Colville on Sunday in one of 19 callouts over the long weekend.

A truck has crashed on SH2 south of Waihi in the Athenree Gorge area.

The road is closed between Te Aroha Rd in Paeroa and Dean Cres in Waihi.

Oceana Gold has promised to care for the family of dead Waihi miner Tipiwai Stainton, saying mining company would treat his young son as one of its own.

The Waihi mine where a worker was killed will remain closed until Wednesday as staff prepare to attend his tangi tomorrow.

Tipiwai Stainton died when the front-end loader he was operating inside a Waihi mine fell into a void.

Police have named the man killed in last night's Waihi mine accident.

Rescuers have found a loader upside down in a Waihi gold mine, but its driver remains missing, a mine spokesman says.

A pistol-wielding robber stole money and cigarettes from a Waihi diary today as the terrified shopkeepers cowered on the floor.

Waihi police investigating the break-in at the town's Mobil service station, the fourth business to be targeted in Eastern Waikato over the past two days.

Two females were airlifted to Waikato Hospital last night after drinking an "unknown substance".

A man injured in a paragliding accident was airlifted from a paddock in Waihi on Saturday.

OceanaGold Corp, which operates the Macraes gold mine in Otago, reported a 58 per cent drop in first-quarter profit with sales down from a year earlier.

OceanaGold has announced plans to buy Newmont Mining Corp's Waihi operation for cash, plus adjustments.