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.

Sure, there's gold in 'them thar hills' but there's far more to do in the mining town than a weekend is time for, find Donna McIntyre and her family.

A cyclist has died in hospital more than two weeks after he was hit by a car in Waihi.

Heart valves from a 3-year-old boy who died in a river just 200m from his home will save the lives of up to three other infants.

The mother of a 3-year-old boy found dead in a river 200 metres from his home has posted a tribute to her son on Facebook.

A man accused of killing expatriate New Zealander Robert Wilkinson has been found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter.

A jury has heard from a man accused of killing a man at Waihi Beach how he stabbed the man because he got a fright after the victim stood on his injured leg.

High Court hears a man accused of killing a man in Waihi Beach bragged to New Year's revellers he was "the king" and that he had "shanked someone."

Donna McIntyre escapes the city on a campervan holiday.

Willie Apiata has paid tribute to his mother, calling her a hero who kept the family together through difficult times.

After flooding in the Bay of Plenty, Auckland and Hamilton, Nelson has become the latest region to be hit by the wild weekend weather.

A New Year's Eve party at a Waihi Beach home has become part of the police inquiry into the killing of a 64-year-old holidaymaker, allegedly by a local teenager.