Coastguard New Zealand and police have both issued alerts this morning asking the public to help keep a lookout for a jetskier who has been missing since last night. The man left on a fishing trip yesterday from the Kawakawa Bay... Read...

A pilot who crashed a light plane near Thames this afternoon is believed to have suffered sunstrike before hitting power lines. Read...

A light plane has crashed near Thames Airfield this afternoon.The pilot received minor injuries and was treated at the scene by St John.The plane came down near Ngati Maru Highway, Thames at 12.45pm, police said.Edwin Booth... Read...

One person has died following a house fire in Thames. Read...

A person has died in a house fire in Thames overnight.Fire crews and emergency services were called to a house on Paeroa Kopu Rd in the early hours of this morning after reports of a fire.`Sadly, one person was found deceased... Read...

Police have witnessed two attempted ram raids in Thames.A police spokeswoman said officers were patrolling Pollen St about 2.20am when they saw a vehicle ram into a shop, back up and then ram into another.The alleged driver struggled... Read...

Knowing that Thames High was among four schools nationwide to be telephoned with a bomb threat gave principal Michael Hart the reassuring idea that `it`s not personal`. Police cybercrime teams are working with local investigators... Read...

Thames Coromandel District mayoralty hopeful John Freer says he`s yet to recover mentally from being set upon and hit by a youth in the mall he manages in Thames. `It`s just a weird experience. I`m not recovered mentally but Debbie... Read...

Some schools in the Waikato and the Thames-Coromandel district have gone into lockdown or are being evacuated after threats were made to `several North Island schools`, police confirm.Matamata Intermediate report police advised... Read...

Health workers missed several red flags before a mentally unwell man was shot dead by police in Thames seven years ago, the coroner has found. Read...