Police were called to State Highway 1 at the Tauranga-Taupō Bridge at around 11.25am on Monday.
New Zealand
Mon, Sep 29
The future of the factory has been up in the air for the last two weeks, but an announcement was expected on Tuesday morning.
Business
Sat, Sep 27
Three Dinsdale food outlets have been targeted in the spree with a person allegedly injured by the man last night.
Crime and Justice
Fri, Sep 26
The southbound lane of State Highway 1 is closed, and diversions are in place.
Police have also released more detail about the near four-year search for Phillips and his children.
The eruption triggered a somewhat haphazard emergency response at home, and scientists who were there say it was good luck, not good management, that no one was killed.
Tue, Sep 23
Eleven people were arrested across Auckland and Waikato, including three US nationals.
Fri, Sep 19
Brian Morgan says the thought of taking the shed down, only to have to put it back up again at the end of the year, had caused him stress.
Politics
Thu, Sep 18
The man declared the package, found to contain 2.2kg of methamphetamine, as roasted macadamia nut samples.
Wed, Sep 17
His mother says there seems to be no urgency from the Ministry of Education to help him return to learning.
Today's announcement was the latest in a wave of closures for the manufacturing and timber processing sector, with hundreds of jobs lost across multiple regions.
Tue, Sep 16
Speaking to Breakfast, the Prime Minister said he would expect "reasonable questions" to be answered with some form of inquiry.
Mon, Sep 15
Thousands are expected to remain without power in the Coromandel and western Bay of Plenty.
Sun, Sep 14
The images show a quad bike and motorbike next to a large pile of items.
Fri, Sep 12
A police team is investigating anyone who may have helped the former fugitive father under new Operation Cranmere.
Police said staff had spent the last three days canvassing the area where the man had been hiding out with his children.
Thu, Sep 11
Dramatic audio highlights police closing in on fugitive Tom Phillips early on Monday morning, and the moment an officer reported shots had been fired.
The child was persuaded to put it down and the children were taken into care without incident.
A look inside Operation Curly, the four-year investigation that gripped the nation.
"When informed of this project by the police, I made it absolutely clear that I do not support, endorse, or consent to its production," said the children's mother Cat.
Wed, Sep 10
"It’s a very grim, dimly-lit area, surrounded by dense bush. The tent was well covered and dry," police said.
Police are warning they haven't given up their investigation into Tom Phillips and want to find those who helped him hide his children for almost four years.
Tom Phillips' eldest daughter was with her father when he was killed in a shootout with police.
Located south of Raglan, Papanui Pt is the country's deadliest rock fishing spot and – despite repeated warnings, reports and coroners inquests – it continues to claim lives.
The rural Waikato officer was critically injured early on Monday morning after approaching the fugitive father's quad bike.
