The 48-year-old jumped into the harbour in Ohope around six pm - when Police were called to a family harm incident. The man swam away - despite officer's attempts to get him to come out of the water.

“Talk to me before you believe anything!”, Thomas Cromwell (played by Mark Rylance) tells his monarch and master Henry VIII (played by Damien Lewis) in a pivotal scene in the penultimate episode of ...

World wine output's set to hit a 60-year low this year - on the back of changing climates in both the northern and southern hemisphere. Locally we're also seeing wine consumption fall - dropping over ...

New Zealand white-ball captain Mitch Santner has confirmed Jacobs and all-rounder Nathan Smith are the two players to miss out on the playing XI . Batter Tim Robinson, wicketkeeper Mitch Hay and ...

Surf Lifesaving conducted 10 rescues on Boxing Day compared to one on Christmas Day. Waihi Beach was temporarily closed after a shark sighting near the flagged area, and there were also several ...

Rates of ADHD in New Zealand are estimated on OECD figures, but spokesperson Darrin Bull says a more accurate country wide database would enable better support. He says children should be screened at ...

Police were alerted to a fight in the Waikato town's Waipa Esplanade, and the woman was later taken to a nearby ambulance station to have critical injuries treated. She died before she could be ...

Crews were called to the fire shortly after 1:45 this afternoon, with reports of a fire ripping through a 200-by-30-metre area of grass next to the motorway. No injuries were reported. A local medical ...

Here's what is known about the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash ...

The men's bodies returned to shore this morning after they died aboard Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline as the famous race had its first fatalities in more than 25 years. Another man injured his ...

Police were alerted to several injured people fighting on the Waipa Esplanade, near the intersection with Newton Street. Several minutes later, a person was taken to an ambulance station on Jordan ...

Police have confirmed fugitive Damon Anderson is still at large, after escaping out the eight floor window of Waikato Hospital, shimmying down a pipe half naked, before running into the city.