Winston Aldworth lays down his towel at a classic Coromandel beach.

Students at Te Kuiti High School, where former student Ocean Heke attended, were visibly shaken this morning.

One of the last things Ocean Heke did before she died was hug and kiss the mother of one of her oldest friends.

A 17-year-old girl who died as a result of a motor vehicle incident on Otorohanga's main street was found lying on the grass outside a house where a party had been.

A financial adviser with clients in the Waikato and the Bay of Plenty has pleaded guilty in the Tauranga District Court to a $1.4 million fraud.

Miriyana Alexander checks out a luxury lodge that's luring celebs to New Zealand.

Formerly a mill town, the area was surveyed in the 1880s, in 1903 the main trunk line came through and the school was opened in 1904, the same year the phone line was brought in.

The world's biggest princess carriage and a giant race car are taking to the Waikato skies.

A 37-year-old woman who crashed her car and killed a woman while high on methamphetamine has been jailed.

An American tourist whose wife was killed in a crash in South Waikato is now in a stable condition in Waikato Hospital.

A wacky new way to deliver the weather forecast is causing outbreaks of hilarity across some areas of New Zealand.

Originally called Hukanui, with huka being Maori for "foam, frost or snow" and nui meaning big; in this neck of the woods it means "heavy frost".

A woman was airlifted to hospital after a fall near the Waikato River yesterday evening.

The man who died after his motorbike and a car collided at an intersection in Waikato is from Hamilton.

Opito was worth the journey, even if Eveline Harvey didn't get to sample its scallops.

Waikato residents will only be allowed to use their sprinklers and watering systems on alternate days in two two-hour windows in an attempt to conserve water.

Mindless vandals have targeted NZ's only rural special needs school in an attack the principal said "leaves you feeling sick".

A visit to the Zealong Tea Estate is all things tea, including tea-based cocktails and mocktails. Just don't ask for a coffee!

Firefighters commandeered a private boat to carry out the rescue of two people from the Waikato River.

Two car crashes this evening in the North Island have left three people injured, two of them seriously.

Waipa District Council has helped stretch the Waikato patrolled lifeguard season after contributing $10,000 to the service after Hamilton City Council pulled all of its funding.

A woman had to be rescued by a police search and rescue team after she was left behind by friends during a bush walk.

Eastern Waikato police have seized firearms, drugs and what appeared to be a dismantled meth lab in two Hauraki properties.

A Waikato road blocked when a stock truck crashed near Pukeatua has re-opened.

A Waikato motorist has had a miraculous escape after a collision with a truck that saw it mount the front of her car.

A woman's nine-year labour of love has transformed an old rural school into a sports fanatic's dream home.

Meander down to the beach, dig yourself a hole and wallow in the thermal water, says Sarah Ell.

An alleged fake Waikato District Health Board psychiatrist has been further remanded on new charges after vowing to prove his innocence.

Police are investigating after the body was discovered near Huntly.