New speed limits will be introduced in Karangahake and Waihī after a recent speed review was undertaken by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi. Three short sections of State Highway 2 will have lower ...

SH2 Karangahake, near Albert Street to west of Waitawheta Road (2.8km), will drop from 80km/h to 60km/h. SH2 Waihī/Parry Palm Avenue, near the SH2/Martin Road/Baber Street intersection to near Orchard ...

LIVE: Karangahake locals are occupying conservation land this morning, closed by DoC at the behest of gold mining company New Talisman Gold Mines last year. Ten Coromandel locals, including ...

Protect Karangahake welcomes and is encouraged by the new government’s position on the conservation estate. Chair, Duncan Shearer says “The new conservation minister Eugene Sage is sending the right ...

A crash between a motorcycle and a car in Karangahake at the southern end of the Coromandel has left one person with serious injuries. Police were alerted to the crash at around 3:25pm on SH2 between ...

State Highway 2 through the Karangahake Gorge is closed following a serious crash. The two-vehicle crash happened near School Rd and was reported just before 1pm, a police spokesperson said. “Initial ...

Conservation land deemed "sacred" to an indigenous people of New Zealand’s North Island is at the heart of a stalemate between an anti-mining group and the company New Talisman Gold Mines after a seam ...

A community group is calling for Government response as miners hack away at a conservation area in search of gold. The group are protesting as mining company New Talisman begin work on Mount ...

Anti-mining protesters found themselves split into two groups when a slip came down in the Karangahake Gorge on Saturday afternoon. The slip covered State Highway 2 completely, police said, around ...