Otorohanga
How a freezer kickstarted a 50 year career in bag-making
Nearly 50 years ago, Dan Hickman swapped a freezer for a sewing machine. These days, you won't find many people in Otorohanga that aren't proud owners of a colourful Danzbagz bag. Audio
Ōtorohanga Mayor urges Tom Phillips to bring kids home
A Marokopa man missing with his three children for almost a year is being helped to stay off the grid by at least one person, and may have found a structure of some sort to live in, according to… Video, Audio
Restrictions to be eased in Waikato Covid boundary
People in parts of Waikato and King Country are seeing restrictions loosened slightly, to alert level 3 step 1, the same as Auckland's current settings.
Hamilton, Raglan, Waipa, Waitomo and… Audio
Man and children missing on coast - latest details
Bad weather along the rugged Waikato West Coast has hampered a sea search for a missing King Country man and his three young children missing since the weekend.
Joining us now from outside the police… Video, Audio
First Farm - a 15 year journey to farm ownership
Just over a year ago Michael and Susie Woodward packed up their 4 children, cows, goats, chickens and farm equipment and moved from a 50/50 sharemilking position in Canterbury to their own farm in… Audio, Gallery
The commmunity that kept on giving - Otorohanga funds its own medical centre
The small King Country town of Otorohanga has a sparkling new medical facility. Nearly every cent needed for the $3.4 million building was raised by the community. Audio, Gallery
Waikato bus drivers striking over pay and ageing fleet
More than 100 Waikato bus drivers will strike tomorrow over pay issues and concerns over Go Bus's ageing fleet. First Union's Transport and Logistics organiser Jax Oldham talks to John Campbell. Video, Audio
King Country's romance queen
You get things done if you like doing them, says King Country farmer, vet, wife, mother and rural romance author Danielle Hawkins. Her latest novel is The Pretty Delicious Cafe. Audio
Otorohanga's Big Night Out
Every year for the past twenty, Otorohanga businesses have chipped in to put on a party for the district's farmers. It's their way of saying 'thank you' to the farmers for spending money in the town.
…Trial starts in hit and run case
A 21-year-old man goes on trial today after the death of a teenage girl in a hit and run in King Country in April.
Police urge Ross Bremner to contact them
Keith Bremner remains in a critical condition, while his wife is dead after a knife attack in Otorohanga. Police are urging their son Ross to contact them. Video, Audio
Police continue hunt for Ross Brenmer three days after attack
The police still do not know where 34-year-old Ross Bremner is, three days on from the knife attack that left his mother dead and his father in a critical condition. Video, Audio
Otorohanga left 'devastated' by double knife attack
Residents of Otorohanga are 'devastated' by a horrific knife attack in the small town and are trying to come to terms with what happened.
Residents of Otorohanga in shock after stabbing
Otorohanga mayor Max Baxter says community is reeling from death of local woman Clare Bremner. Audio
Double knife attack: Search for couple's son continues
Police are appealing for an Otorohanga man wanted in connection to a "horrific" double knife attack on his parents to come forward. Audio
Police search for man in relation to knife attack in Otorohanga
A woman is dead and her husband in a critical condition after a knife attack in Otorohanga, and the police are hunting for their 34 year old son who lived with the couple. Audio
Man charged over Otorohanga 'hit and run'
A 21-year-old man has been arrested and charged over what police are describing as a hit and run, which claimed the life of a teenager in the King Country.
Teen's injuries 'consistent with being hit by vehicle'
Police are talking to two young people in relation to the death of 17-year-old Ocean Heke in Otorohanga.
Demand grows for recognition of land wars
Demand is growing for a public holiday to mark the New Zealand land wars. Audio
Waikato braces for prison job cuts
The Otorohanga mayor says the axing of more than a hundred staff at the Waikeria Prison goes completely against the government's claim that it has the best interests of provincial New Zealand at… Audio