For nearly four weeks, 145 workers at the Essity paper mill in the town of Kawerau, New Zealand, have been locked out after they rejected an effective pay cut and 67 workers took limited strike ...

We wanted to show our support for the families affected by the suicides and recent negative publicity about Kawerau,’’ Waikato said. This year, the North Island timber mill town hard hit by ...

Four children suffered critical injuries when the car they were travelling in collided with an oncoming truck near Kawerau today ... hospitals across the North Island. The helicopter flew ...

Extreme weather hits the South Island, data shows decrease in retail ... she is not a freedom camper or homeless person, she is a Kawerau resident whose home happens to be on wheels.

The Te Ahi O Maui geothermal plant in New Zealand is sited on the Kawerau geothermal field in the Bay of Plenty on the North Island of New Zealand. It includes three geothermal production wells ...

MetService has five weather warnings and watches in place across the North Island and top of the South ... Bay of Plenty east of Kawerau, and Gisborne/Tairawhiti north of Ruatoria Forecast ...

Kawerau's mayor has welcomed a police raid on the local Mongrel Mob headquarters, saying urgent action is needed to "stamp out" the area's methamphetamine problem. Police raided the Mongrel Mob ...

A slow-moving front may bring heavy rain to the West Coast of the South Island from Sunday evening ... including some breaking 30C - it was 31C in Kawerau at midday Sunday, according to MetService.

Norske Skog is expecting to conclude the sale of its mill assets at Kawerau in the second half of this year after confirming production will end by June 30. The paper mill has been making newsprint at ...

A long-standing Kawerau butchery owned by the town's mayor has been destroyed after a ram-raid and fire overnight. Malcolm Campbell arrived at Campbell's Meats early this morning to find it on ...

Keys will be turning in a brand-new suburb in Kawerau in the coming months as the council's lifestyle village quickly progresses. Work has started on the first six homes in the Kawerau District ...