New Zealand
Your weather: Chilly morning clears to fine day
"It is quite nice across much of the [North] Island."
Latest from Thames-Coromandel District
Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
Bach owners travelling under cover of darkness
Coromandel medical facilities will struggle if cluster of covid-19 occurs: Mayor.
'Be mindful': Warning to those ditching city for baches ahead of Covid-19 lockdown
Fears for areas with high number of elderly as people switch city for bach.
Coromandel still Covid-19 free: Council
TCDC says earlier info was wrong and its region still has no cases of Covid-19.
The world's best places to enjoy the earth's most precious resource
The Travel team choose their favourite spots to enjoy the earth's most precious resource.
Ex-tropical cyclone to bring strong winds, brief rain to NZ
NZ will only get remnants of the ex-tropical cyclone as it moves past the country.
Editorial: Jeanette Fitzsimons - a principled woman
We say: Pioneering environmental politician was much to be admired and will be missed.
Ex-Greens leader was working on the farm till the end. She fell and suffered a fatal stroke in hospital
Grieving husband: 'She worked a lot harder than I ever did. I was totally in awe of her.'
'I had to swerve for our lives': Woman's stark warning after fatal crash
A Waikato woman was travelling with her baby when she swerved to avoid the truck.
Woman dragged from car precariously hanging off cliff
The driver was too scared to move so she yelled for help to be pulled out.
Four dead in three Waikato crashes, baby survives collision
It's been a day of tragedy, but there is a glimmer of hope.
'**** off!' - Surfer, 60, fights off Great White shark by punching it in eye
Nick Minogue was surfing at Pauanui Beach when a great white "latched onto" him.
Surfer 'punches shark in snout' after it takes bite of board
Pauanui beach on the Coromandel was closed following the shark attack.
Young man fights for secrecy in Labour Party summer camp scandal
The man faced being labelled as the "young Labour Party sexual offender", says his lawyer.
Ratepayers to cough up for TCDC's $12m costs blowout
Thames Coromandel home and bach owners face a 10 per cent rates rise, plus higher charges.
Bach owners face massive rates hike after council blows budget
TCDC ratepayers will be hit with a much higher rates increase in 2020/21.
Firefighters battling house, scrub blaze in Kopu, Coromandel
A chopper and 10 fire trucks are attending.
Fishy business: More than 20 tonnes of seafood caught and onsold illegally
More than 20 tonnes of fish may have been caught and onsold illegally.
Motorbike rider dies in serious crash in the Waikato
Motorists using SH 25A should expect delays near Kopu as police work at the crash scene.
Hundreds of birds killed in botulism outbreak
The toxin is more commonly spread during periods of hot and dry conditions.
Colville tree fall: Young girl seriously injured
She was flown to Waikato Hospital in a serious condition.
Vans collide on Coromandel's dangerous Kopu-Hikuai Rd
Emergency services are responding to another crash on Coromandel's SH25a this evening.
Magnitude 5.5 quake strikes off coast of Coromandel
The quake hit 105km northeast of Whangamata.
Amazing scenes as hundreds flock to save stranded whales
A pod of whales have stranded in the Coromandel.
Holiday traffic chaos: The best and worst times to travel home this weekend
Data from last summer indicates when the roads will be most congested.
'Dead in water for hours': Man found in Whangamatā harbour identified
Three serious beach incidents occurred this afternoon.
Last party of the decade: NZ's holiday hotspots this New Year's Eve
Thousands of people have flocked to holiday hotspots across New Zealand.
Your New Year traffic: When is the best time to skip town?
Southbound traffic from Auckland will be without any delays today, NZTA predicts.
Community 'gutted' over removal of Whitianga-based rescue helicopter
"We've been short-changed. We've been ripped off," chopper trust chairman says.