King Country

On Waitangi Day, hundreds of King Country residents gathered in the tiny town of Aria for its 115th annual sports day. Some came to compete in dog trials, motocross and egg & spoon races. Some, like…

Ian Whitakker has been called a walking encyclopaedia on Mokau's history. He's lived there for 59 years.

Sophie Barnes was supposed to be an architect whose life changed the day she helped deliver a lamb. Now the 26-year-old lives on a farm near Taumarunui.

A former cabinetmaker who first crafted a swing for his daughter out of a deck chair will send 3,000 swings around the world this year.

Lyn Neeson and her daughter-in-law Monique Neeson were looking at the wool cheque from the family's remote King Country farm and thought there must be a way to earn more from wool. They now make…

Tutsan's days are numbered. Thanks to years of fundraising and work by a team of mainly volunteers, the invasive weed is now on the menu for a moth and a beetle that have been brought to New Zealand…

Mona Tuwhangai and Maurice O'Donnell should have been playing in a darts tournament this weekend, instead police are investigating their deaths.

An elderly couple found dead alongside the body of fugitive Ross Bremner may have welcomed him into their home as a stranger, their whānau says. Video

Police have named the three people found dead at a rural King Country property, confirming one is wanted man Ross Bremner. Video

The Purdie family from Mahoenui have been breeding Angus bulls for more than 90 years. At the beginning of June they held their 70th on-farm sale. Farmers from around the North Island came to bid on…