So far emergency services searching the area have not located anyone.

Police say by and large, New Zealanders rang in 2022 safely.

People are being urged to celebrate safely.

Waka Kotahi suggests alternate route as congestion clogs SH1 heading north.

Police, St John gearing up for busiest night of the year.

Retired nurse Jan Wills-Collins points out striking similarities between Covid and polio.

.John McCombe was an award-winning photographer who died in late April.

New footage has emerged from inside the riot as cops clashed with drunken youths.

From fish and chips on the beach, to top coffee spots, this Coromandel hotspot has it all.

The fire has closed the road meaning a late start to school for local pupils.

The upper North Island has been jolted by another earthquake.

The earthquake struck about 120km offshore from Whangamatā.

"They put the road blocks in at lunchtime the next day - really?" - Coromandel Mayor.

L.A.B. and Shapeshifter are headlining the New Year's Eve music festival at Joe's Farm.

Coromandel locals and tourists have been urged to stay home and avoid the roads.

Construction has been halted until the issue of land ownership has been clarified.

Coromandel medical facilities will struggle if cluster of covid-19 occurs: Mayor.

Organisers 'treasure' Whangamata and 'want to protect' the people that live there.

The 86-year-old woman's death has been referred to the coroner.

The Australian actress rang in the New Year across the ditch on Kiwi soil.

Three serious beach incidents occurred this afternoon.

The water is incredibly inviting and incredibly unforgiving, water safety boss says.

A splash in the surf ended in heartbreak.

A Whangamata resident has died in a boating accident over the weekend.

Alwyn Keith Klein, known as Keith, was a 73-year-old who lived in Whangamata.

The fire was out by about 8pm.

"They certainly saved lives."