A horror crash north of Tauranga which killed three people was "like a war zone", police say.

When Yannick Denis won tickets to see his favourite band play in Waihi tonight, there was one minor hitch.

Waihi gold miners have accused their Australian employer of Victorian work practices by making them take their breaks underground during 11-hour shifts.

Grant Dyson gets to the bottom of the Waihi opencast mining operation.

There will be no open cast mining on Great Barrier Island or Coromandel, John Key assured Parliament today, while under attack over the Govt's mining plan.

Police say there may have been a sighting of Auckland woman Susan O'Brien's car in Waihi but they are no closer to locating her.

The mother of a Hamilton man who died after a paintball attack wants to know why no one was charged over his death.

Shark sightings around the country have forced beach closures more than 12 times this summer.