
Angry bees hinder fatal crash recovery
Live power lines and a large number of agitated bees are posing problems for motorists and emergency services following a fatal crash in Waikato this morning.
Live power lines and a large number of agitated bees are posing problems for motorists and emergency services following a fatal crash in Waikato this morning.
A group of friends have started an epic journey down the Waikato river this morning to raise money for a Bay of Plenty boy with a rare form of bone cancer.
Parts of Waikato will be without power today as urgent repairs are carried out on the Transpower network.
Elisabeth Easther goes in search of animal encounters in the untamed central North Island.
Our national bird may be shy and retiring, but here's a handful of places where you might be able to get close to them.
Elisabeth Easther visits luxury wilderness lodge Poronui and discovers heaven on earth.
Forty minutes from Taupo along SH5, Poronui (Maori for 'part of something bigger') is miles from mobile reception and smack bang in the centre of heaven.
For further information see poronui.com.
Police have named a man who died after an alcohol-fuelled brawl at a Waikato property last weekend.
On a rail trip from the capital, Pamela Wade is enraptured by the North Island's emerald green beauty and looming mountains.
One person is in a life-threatening condition following a road smash in South Waikato.
A "distraught" father searched along a Waikato road for hours, before finding his partner's car had gone over a bank, killing her and injuring their two children.
A woman who suffered a suspected spinal injury while playing touch rugby was taken to hospital by rescue helicopter last night.
Danielle Wright follows the tour buses to a sheep and beef farm in Matamata for the Hobbiton Movie Set Tour.
Danielle Wright discovers small-town seaside charms on a weekend away in Raglan.
Boaties were asked to check their vessels are fit for the water and to stay with them when in difficulty, following a rescue on the Waikato River.
Distinctive engraved World War 1 medals could help identify burglars who robbed a Waikato home on the weekend, police hope.
A storm is causing havoc across the upper part of the North island this evening, with warnings stronger winds and more rain is on the way.
Heavy rain and severe gales are set to pound far greater swathes of the country than the thunderstorms which struck over the weekend.
A Waikato farmer has been left counting the cost of Saturday night's wild electrical storm after finding nine cows killed by lightning.
Auckland homes left without power after a violent storm overnight have been reconnected but forecasters have warned more bad weather is on the way.
Stormy weather in the upper half of the North Island has left about 400 homes without power.