A witness to a bridge-swinging event where an 18-year-old student fell to her death broke down in tears while giving evidence in court today.

A man believed to be armed with several weapons has surrendered to police in Morrinsville.

Waitomo offers a surfeit of adrenalin-pumping action; glissading, slithering, squeezing and jumping into the pitch-black void of the subterranean labyrinth.

The 19-year-old west Auckland student is expected to face Auckland District Court today charged with being an accessory after the fact of murder.

The search continues today for missing Chinese student Jiayi Li, who was last seen in the Auckland suburb of Kingsland a fortnight ago.

Heavy rain has caused widespread flooding in Auckland, Coromandel and the Bay of Plenty with one family trapped in their car having to be rescued by firefighters.

An autopsy today is expected to determine if there are suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was found in suburban Hamilton yesterday.

A man who allegedly pulled a knife on a group of Hamilton high school students is likely to face charges.

Quick-thinking staff are being praised after a knife was pulled during an altercation at a Hamilton school this morning.

In Hamilton's evolving Frankton industrial precinct, a new state-of-the-art industrial building will be auctioned on June 17 as part of the latest Total Property portfolio offerings.