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Stabbing accused: 'I just got a fright'

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.

Murder trial: 'I think I stabbed someone'

A Waihi man who is on trial for the New Year's day murder of an expatriate New Zealander told his friend the next day "I think I stabbed someone last night".

Jury told of 'polite' teen

The wife of a man fatally stabbed at New Year's in Waihi Beach told a jury of her encounter of a "non-threatening" and "polite" teen accused of killing him.

Stabbing-accused's New Year boast

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."

A wheeled weekender

Donna McIntyre escapes the city on a campervan holiday.

April's storm insurance costs top $46.2m

$5m private birthing unit for Tauranga

Willie Apiata: My hero is my mother

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

Crews scour rugged Waihi for missing woman

Waihi homeowners close to deal

Stressed Waihi homeowners are close to signing their houses over to an American mining giant after sudden ground movement which affected their properties.

Waihi stabbing: Police announce development in investigation

Waihi stabbing: Police flooded with photos

Waihi stabbing: Items recovered

Several knives have been collected by police investigating the murder of a holidaymaker at Waihi Beach early on New Year's Day.

Family 'desperate to understand'

The family of a man murdered in a brutal New Year attack at Waihi Beach have broken their silence and appealed for the killer come forward.

Waihi stabbing victim dies

The man stabbed outside a caravan early on New Year's Day has died in hospital, prompting police to ramp up their investigation to a homicide.

Holiday snaps could hold key to stabbing

Waihi police are asking for New Year's Eve revellers to supply their festive photographs, in the hope police can identify a man who critically stabbed a holidaymaker.

Stabbing shocks Waihi Beach community

A Waihi Beach man thought the noise he heard in the early hours was the sound of someone falling from a balcony. But when he went to offer help he found a man with two stab wounds fighting for his life.

Holidaymaker stabbed at Waihi Beach

A holidaymaker is fighting for his life in hospital after being stabbed in his neck and head when he went to investigate a disturbance outside his caravan at Waihi Beach.