Surf Life Saving New Zealand said it received a mayday call just after 10am for a capsized vessel with four people on board.
New Zealand
Saturday 3:47pm
Emergency services were called to the scene near Te Pahu Rd in Whatawhata around 5.15pm.
Fri, Oct 31
The actor, best known for playing Frodo Baggins, was visiting the Waikato movie set and happened to be touring the grounds as Sharik and Jessica Burgess-Stride were tying the knot.
Wed, Oct 29
Josh Greenway, 35, and Amber Stephens, 34, from Phoenix Valley in Arizona, died in a two-vehicle crash in Piarere earlier this month.
The board was found last week covered in mussels and half-buried in the sand dunes.
Mon, Oct 27
The Fraser High School student was heading to his car during the school's lunchbreak, when he was confronted by "two carloads of men wearing balaclavas".
Crime and Justice
Sun, Oct 26
Emergency services responded to a single-vehicle crash on Matuku Rd at around 2.45am on Sunday.
The sites, to the north and east of Marokopa, included buried, semi-permanent structures concealed by large amounts of vegetation.
Fri, Oct 24
Fire and Emergency New Zealand said both occupants were able to get out of the vehicles that caught fire.
Thu, Oct 23
The coroner criticised a subsequent police investigation into the crash, which suggested one of the men, the driver of a van involved, caused the accident.
Nateisha-Kurstyn Hana-Wetere, a young mother, was killed in the crash south of Te Kūiti.
Tue, Oct 21
Described as "up to the size of a ping-pong ball", the blueberries are being planted in the Kerikeri and Waikato regions.
Business
Mon, Oct 20
Emergency services were called to the crash between a car and a motorcycle on River Rd, just north of Hamilton about 7am on October 1.
Sat, Oct 18
Emergency services were notified of the incident at Lake Puketi around 7.15am this morning.
The reported group assault occurred at a residential address on Northolt Rd in the Hamilton suburb of Fairview Downs at around 9.25pm on Monday.
Fri, Oct 17
Images shared by Waitomo District Council showed entire sections of cracked road and debris teetering on the edge of newly-formed cliff edges.
Environment
"We are also asking for anyone who may have witnessed unusual or poor driving behaviour that involved a grey SUV or small silver hatchback," police said.
Thu, Oct 16
Five people died north of Te Awamatu last year when a car failed to take a bend and hit an oncoming vehicle.
The ambulance was forced to turn back during a patient transfer as slips and flooding blocked the Awakino Gorge route on Monday.
Health
Wed, Oct 15
Aydan was last seen in the Hamilton suburb of Chartwell going missing on August 17.
Communities were cut off in parts yesterday due to torrential rain, which caused widespread road closures.
Communities cut off by closed sections of several state highways including SH3, SH4, SH30, SH31, and SH43.
Tue, Oct 14
Police said they were following "strong lines of inquiry", while the victim was undergoing surgery and remained in a serious condition.
NZTA said it didn't make its decisions based on ride quality or customer perception but on what was the best asset-management decision.
Mon, Oct 13
Tim Macindoe is the early frontrunner, but more than 5500 votes were cast in the final hours.
Politics
Sun, Oct 12
