Whangamata Golf Club in the Coromandel is raffling a trip to the Masters.

A large orange tree broke the woman's fall after she jumped from a second-storey window.

Investigators are at the scene this morning.

He is barefoot, balding but with long, thinning white hair and a bushy white moustache.

Motor neurone disease research fundraiser spans the globe.

'We were all trying to get home safely and no one wanted to die on the way home.'

Rob Hewitt has reflected on his own ordeal of floating alone at sea for 72 hours.

Will Fransen spent nearly 24 hours drifting in the ocean without even a life jacket.

Police say two people were arrested after calls of concern from the public.

Plus, 'tonnes of shark sightings' in busy day for Bay of Plenty and Coromandel lifeguards.

Dr Michael Miller is acknowledged for services to rural health in the New Year Honours.

Motorists can travel the quick way across the Coromandel Peninsula once again.

Emergency staff were called to the rescue of a person who was trapped in an elevator.

LandSAR personnel are concentrating their search in an area from Wentworth Valley.

He did not return from his travel to the Wentworth Valley area on Sunday.

Volunteers scoured an area of forest near Whangamatā for the remains of Heidi Paakkonen.

Coromandel recorded the dubious honour of the biggest drop in retail spending nationwide.

34 years after tourists' disappearance, podcaster hopes to bring her family closure.

Police search and rescue personnel and volunteers were involved in the search.

And she already knows what she's going to do with the winnings.

The vast majority of participants were well-behaved and enjoyed a great weekend.

Waka Kotahi is closely monitoring an underslip on State Highway 25.

Woman, 41, shoplifting since age 14, told "it should end today".

Officials continue to monitor the situation.

The main highway between Hikuai and Whangamatā was closed after a washout on Sunday.

Expect delays while contractors continue working to stabilise the SH25 washout.

Ex-tropical cyclones have wrought havoc in NZ. Here's 10 of the worst.

The challenge aims to raise awareness of the struggles young people face accessing help.

It’s understood at least some of the group involved the Cruickshank family from Takapau.

A water, air and land search continues for a missing teenager at Ōpoutere.