'Tragic fatality': Digger driver dies after excavator submerged in forestry accident
Attempts to rescue the operator were unsuccessful and they were found dead.
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Rescues, accidents, emergencies: Greenlea Rescue Helicopter records 37 missions in June
Accidents and serious medical events keep rescue chopper busy in June.
Senior Rotorua doctors told they will have to work in Taupō
The doctors are upset the decision was made without any consultation with them.
Man stole 333 beehives, causing $184k loss to the industry
He was stung with a hefty reparation order and 11 months' home detention.
Farmhand impales two cows after botching common farming practice
He was trying to get them back on their feet. Instead, they had to be put down.
Town's water supply trucked in after 40-year-old water bore fails
Aged water bore breaks down in Kaingaroa Village
Who killed Wiremu Birch? Third trial over 11-year-old Taupō murder begins
The defence says there's another man who has escaped blame all these years.
Photos: 'Beautiful home' takes supreme award
Bay of Plenty and Central Plateau Registered Master Builders House of the Year awards.
Tokoroa teacher killer 'happy to die' in prison as he goes before parole board
The man who killed Tokoroa teacher Lois Dear has applied for parole for the first time.
Vote now! Rotorua in running to host Six60 show
Fans are set to decide where the 'One More Show’ tour finale will take place.
Freezing! Region's temperatures dip below zero under clear skies
Central North Island and BoP feel the pinch.
Crews battle 'well involved' house fire in Tokoroa
Fire and Emergency NZ was called just after 5am.
'Cruel and brutal treatment': Mother who murdered toddler claims sentence is unjust
Southern Thompson said her difficult background and remorse warranted a greater discount.
Rugby talent selected for University of Waikato Chiefs Under-18 camp
The camp also acts as a trial for players to earn New Zealand Schools team selection.
'Terrified': Mobster on meth carjacks couple, speeds off sitting on driver
Woman pinned to seat by tattooed gangster struggled to breathe, says judge.
Life and death on NZ roads: Truckie on 40 years of horror from the driver's seat
The bodies are still warm, says truckie of victims he's pulled from crashed vehicles.
'He’s a mongrel': Victims' families push back as killers of Kiwi women seek parole
The murders of two women by strangers rocked New Zealand.
'Thinking the worst': Medical event mistaken for six-car crash on SH1
Crews were 'thinking the worst' after being told of a six-car crash.
Activist tells of racism, acid attacks and needing a soldier protect her at school
'If you people are willing to do all this to keep me out, I should be here.'
'I really miss my dad': How a truck driver's measurement error killed a 'hero' father
'To the man who took my hero, my daddy, away: You have ruined the rest of my years.'
Rain to ease in north, but parts of the south still in firing line
Wet weather to ease in upper north, but Bay of Plenty, Tasman still in firing line.
Commuter warning ahead of heavy rain, thunderstorms, localised flooding fears
Local flooding and water pooling are expected, most likely in north and east Auckland.
Thunderstorms risk, heavy rain in 22-hour deluge for top of NI, flooding possible
Several heavy rain watches have already been upgraded to warnings.
22 hours of rain: Downpours and thunderstorms to lash North Island
Forecasters said commuters should keep an eye on the weather when travelling.
Arrests after Rotorua and Taupō incidents
Police executed search warrants in the Hamilton and Auckland areas.
Passers-by pull person from car after it crashes into Lake Taupō
“There was a group of young guys who went in and grabbed him straight out of the car.”
"Sustainability ... is important to me": Local designer to represent NZ at global sustainability congress
Taupō-born designer heading to Global Sustainable Development Congress in Bangkok.
'The unthinkable': A decade on from news that changed family's lives
'You never think that that’s going to happen to you or to your kids.'
Police seeking information after stolen ATV crashes through fence
An ATV Yamaha Viking was stolen from a dealer's yard in Tokoroa just after 4pm on Tuesday.
One person seriously injured in truck and car crash on SH30
There are reports of injuries.
'We managed to save a life': Linesmen recall rescue of woman from sinking car in floods
'As I got closer, I could see that she was starting to reach for air.'
Lines company workers save motorist stuck in rising Rotorua floodwaters
The eastern North Island is in the firing line on Tuesday.