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- Boys Rescue Man At Bowentown Beach
- Newmont Looks Back In The Update
- Hamilton Man Drowns At Whiritoa
- Drive To Survive
- Mining Company Offers To Buy Homes
- Fire Call Out 24/12/2012
- Subsidence Unsettling
- Property Purchase Applications Open
- Shellfish Warning!
- Men Sentenced On Methamphetamine Charges
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update
- More Christmas Cheer
- WERGI Responds To Adjournment
- Council Matters With Hauraki District Mayor John Tregidga
- Police File 18/12/2012
- Missing Morrinsville Man Found
- Waihi Refuse Centre Death - Name Release
- Enjoy Orokawa Bay ... But No Fires Please
- Elderly Waihi Man Dies After Accident At Dean Crescent Transfer Station
- Man Remanded In Custody Over Waihi Mobil Incident
- Christmas Parade Float Winners
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 13/12/2012
- WERGI Waits It's Turn To Speak
- Waihi College Classroom Damaged By Fire 13/12/2012
- Josaye Frew & Tyler Tamati Have Talent!
- Police File 11/12/2012
- Fire Call-Out 10/12/2012
- Golden Link Hearing Continues
- Concern For Missing Teenage Girl
- Fire Sparks Specualation About Meth Lab
- Santa Claus Came to Town!
- Successful Conclusion To Search for Family
- Police Seek Public's Help Locating Vehicle With Family Aboard
- My Country Song
- Road Open After School Bus And Utility Collide
- It's In The Bag ... Tumeke!
- Police File 04/12/2012
- WERGI Invites Press East Side
- Newmont's Golden Link Hearing Underway
- Fire Call-Out 03/12/2012
- November
- Maori TV To Film In Waihi And Paeroa
- IT'S IN THE KETE!
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 29/11/2012
- WERGI Meets Again Tonight
- Changes To Crown Minerals Act Reflect Pike River Report
- Waikato Speed Limit Changes Take Effect Soon
- Police Warn Public Not To Approach Wanted Man
- Fire Call-Out
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 22/11/2012
- What's Up WERGI?
- On A Lighter Note ...
- Council Matters With John Tregidga
- Thieves Lift More Than Weights At Health Plus Gym
- Police Report 20/11/2012
- Newmont Media Statement On MEP Approval
- Catherine Disappointed About Martha
- Arrest In Whangamata School Arson
- DRAT And WERGI Draw Battle Lines
- Fire Call-Out 19/11/2012
- Waihi Woman Discharged Without Conviction
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 15/11/2012
- Whangamata Area School Technology Block Gutted By Fire
- WERGI Invites New Membership Tonight
- Woman Crashes Into House
- Police Seek Public's Help In Locating Missing Couple
- Supporters To Protest Cannabis Charges Again
- Driver Of Stolen Car Killed
- Constable Wade's Story Told At Police Exhibition
- WCF Asks - What Could Be Done With $200,000?
- Kia Ora From Waihi Community Marae
- WERGI Working Towards Hearing
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update
- Mayor Discusses Representation Review
- Good Sports At The BA5
- Fire Call Out 07/11/2012
- Ureia The Taniwha Takes Up Residence At Waihi East
- More Than Fireworks At Paeroa
- 100 Years Later ...
- 'A Country Shine' Takes A Shine To Waihi
- Shine Taken Off Newmont's Gold Profits
- Praise Be In Waihi
- Golden Goose Dodges A Bullet
- Light Party Shines
- Gold Strike!
- WERGI Encourage Membership At Meeting
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 01/11/12
- October
- Status Quo To Remain On Council Representation
- Police File 31/10/2012
- Man Appears In Court For Damaging Bank
- Waihi Community Forum To Hold Public Workshop
- Man Arrested Following Whangamata Bank Incident
- Hahei Restaurant Destroyed By Fire
- WERGI Number Crunches
- Arrest Follows Whangamata BNZ Bank Incident
- Council To Decide Waihi Ward Numbers
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 25/10/2012
- Ka pai Waihi Central School!
- Waihi East Ratepayers Group Inc. Encourages Membership
- Music And Art - International Languages
- Police File 23/10/2012
- ArtWaikino Results
- In Safe Hands With Mines Rescue
- East School Makes Water Safety Splash
- A Warm And Fuzzy Story
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 18/10/2012
- International Note At ArtWaikino
- Gold Strike Artist To Talk About Paintings
- Police File 16/10/2012
- Waikino Farmer Convicted For Bashing Cows
- Names Released - Whitianga Mine Double Fatality
- Mine Shaft Deaths Linked With Drugs Manufacture
- Fonterra Wants New Coal Mine On Hauraki Plains
- Mining Lobby Says Most Kiwis Support Mining
- Over 900 Up For XTERRA Trail Challenge Waihi
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 11/10/2012
- Golden Girl!
- Art Will Be Everywhere You Look At Art Waikino
- Win - Win Community Consultation For Waikino
- Radio Rookie Fundraising For Australian Basketball Tournament
- Police File 09/10/2012
- Go Waihi Trolley Derby 2012
- Spring Has Sprung!
- Trolleys Set For Thrill Of Haszard Street Hill
- Feedback on Draft Minerals Programme Sought
- Prospective Prospectors Dig And Pan For Gold
- Locals And Visitors Loved Lovely Lizards
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 04/10/2012
- Rena Settlement Reached
- Going For Gold At Victoria Battery
- Waimata School Helps To Fill Lunch Boxes
- Fire Call Out 01/10/2012
- September
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 27/09/2012
- Submission Period Ending Friday - Have Your Say
- Police File 25/09/2012
- Celebrate Creativity With Art Waikino
- Shot Mike!
- Newmont Announces Redundancies Likely
- Naomi's Close Shave
- You Bet Waihi's Got Talent!
- Waikino Teen Can Help Canteen
- Waihi East Rippas Rugby Team Excels At Nationals
- Numbers Man Bhavesh Ranchhod Adds Up To Five
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 20/09/2012
- Waihi Community Forum Complete
- Thank Goodness Friday's Coming!
- Police File 18/09/2012 - Vandals On The Tiles
- Groups Gearing Up To Have Their Say
- Waihi Central Sports News
- Serendipity - Far, Far Into The Future
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 13/09/2012
- Mykonos Pizza Back On The Menu
- Free Advice On Effective Written Submissions
- Blue Light Gives The Green Light For School's Go Waihi Trolley Derby Challenge
- Gorgeous Geckos On Show
- Waihi's Really Got Talent!!!
- Wanted! Random Acts Of Kindness
- Smashing Time For Vandals
- Mayor John Says Take Advantage of Free Advice
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 06/09/2012
- Down To Business @The BA5
- Police File 04/09/2012
- Register For Waihi Community Forum Before Friday
- Bularangi Motorbike's Asian Drive Gets Boost
- Have Your Say
- Daylight Robbery Again!
- Get Down To Business @ BA5
- August
- Public Notice For Fifth Community Forum Rep
- Missing Woman Seen In Waihi Before Disappearance
- Kiwi Nana Fell Cradling Grandson And Died
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 30/08/2012
- Submission time for proposed Waihi underground mine
- Waihi BlueLight Turns It On
- Delicious Treats In Store
- Police File 28/08/2012
- HDC Notifies Intention To Cut Waihi Ward Representation
- Fire Call Out 27/08/2012
- Waihi College Boys Defy Gravity
- No Serious Injuries After Crash
- Police File 22/08/2012
- Waihi Ward Cuts Being Fast Tracked?
- Waihi College Teams Take Out Thames Valley Basketball Championship
- Shona Laing To Perform At Waikino
- Man Wanted For Serious Facial Assault
- Paeroa And Plains Councillors Vote To Drop One From Waihi Ward
- Coromandel Man's Fraudulent Plans Undermined
- Scammer Tees Up Golfers
- No Plea Entered On Cannabis Charges
- Waihi Playcentre Open Day
- Police Seeing Pink Over Drink
- Community Forum Elected
- Thames Valley Secondary Schools Basketball Finals
- Fresh White Bait Fritters On The Menu
- Waihi Warriors
- Whiritoa Bike Fatality Name Release
- Fatal Motorbike Accident Closes Whangamata Road
- Rena Update
- Court Appearance Sparks Protest
- Voting Closed For Community Forum
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 09/08/2012
- Bizarre Bras Raise Eyebrows And Push Up Funds
- Waihi Police File 07/08/2012
- Helen Clark Fundraises For Waihi Beach Medical Trust
- Chief's Coach Burgled During Game
- Waihi College Netball Coach Tracey Te Wake Picked For Waikato NPC Apprentice Coach
- Weather Watch
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 02/08/2012
- Environment Court Hears MEP At Chambers
- July
- Police File 31/07/2012
- Gold FM Rugby Report With PGG Wrightson Real Estate
- Fire Call Out 30/07/2012
- Curtains For Paeroa Racing Club
- Waihi Senior Bs Head To Thames For The Final
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 26/07/2012
- Missing Whangamata Man Found Dead
- Search And Rescue Underway For Elderly Man
- Rare Bird Killed At Athenree
- Rain Leaves Motorists High and Dry
- Most Roads Open Including Karangahake Gorge
- Karangahake Gorge Closed - Road Closure Update
- Te Aroha Farmer Rescued By Chopper
- Coromandel and Bay of Plenty Road Closures
- Road Closures
- Weather Causing Flooding and Slips
- Flooding Causing Concern
- 33 Police Staff Working on Voudouris Investigation
- Miners Back At Work
- Third Suspected Robber Arrested
- Applications Open For Healthy Homes Insulation Project - Newmont Update
- Trio Underground Truck Fire Out
- Paeroa Racing Club To Close
- Investigations Underway At Waihi Gold Mine
- All Miners Evacuated Safe And Well
- UNDERGROUND TRUCK ENGINE FIRE – ALL PERSONNEL ACCOUNTED FOR
- Telecom Outage Shuts Down Internet
- Gold FM Rugby Report With PGG Wrightson Real Estate
- Police Say Paeroa Homicide "A Real Whodunnit Mystery"
- Paeroa's Pizza Man Was Shot
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 12/07/2012
- Tyler White Is The Walrus ... Again
- Truck Tipped On End - All Workers Safe
- Fire Call Out 09/07/2012
- Gold FM Rugby Report With PGG Wrightson 09/07/2012
- Five Waihi East Candidates Nominated For Community Forum
- Plastic Pipes Lost In Flash Flood – No Risk To Public
- Power Cut Caused By Accident
- Waihi Man's Grandson Captains English Rugby Side
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 05/07/2012
- Black Hill Track Closed
- Paeroa Homicide Update; Police Seek To Identify Vehicle Of Interest
- Flooding Causes Precautionary Evacuation
- Paeroa Homicide Update
- Fire Call Out 02/07/2012
- Gold FM Rugby Report with PGG Wrightson
- Free General Practice Visits For All Children Under Six
- June
- Trio Gets Green Light
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 28/06/2012
- Waihi East School Rippas To Represent
- Correnso Application Accepted By Council
- Paeroa Pays Tribute To Jordan
- Robbery Investigation Leads To Two Arrests
- Historic Owharoa Incline Revealed
- Two Men Arrested For Paeroa Memorial Items Vandalism
- Police File 26/06/2012
- Mayor Announces Memorial Service For Slain Pizza Man
- Jordan Voudouris' Family Releases Statement
- Police Investigate Vandalism In Relation To Paeroa Death
- Gold FM Rugby Report with PGG Wrightson Real Estate
- Fire Call Out 25/06/2012 - Young Couple Lucky To be Alive
- Fur seals sighted at Waihi Beach, the Mount, Papamoa and Tauranga Harbour
- Sefton Darby on the Correnso Application
- Hauraki District Council Confirms Correnso Application
- Waihi College's Black Tuesday A Striking Success
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 20/06/2012
- Would You Like Another Drink?
- Newmont Submits Correnso To Council
- Paeroa Death Homicide Investigation
- Paeroa Pizza Man's Death Suspicious
- Waihi Mobil and Katikati Dairy Incidents Linked
- Paeroa CBD Death: Media Release
- Gold FM Rugby Report With PGG Wrightson
- Mobil Waihi Targeted By Armed Intruders
- Waihi Farmhouse Gutted By Fire
- Sefton Darby Talks North & South, Far North and East Side
- Gold FM Rugby Report With PGG Wrightson Real Estate
- Newmont Focuses On Vital Behaviours
- Congratulations Clarks Pharmacy
- Waihi To Host Netball Tournament This Weekend
- Transition Of Venus Today
- TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE TONIGHT AROUND FIRTH OF THAMES
- Temporary road closure in the Karangahake Gorge likely on Thursday
- May
- It's A Tough Time For The College
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 31/05/2012
- Keep An Eye And Ear Out For Ambulances
- Waihi College Hosting Waihi Teenager's Funeral On Friday
- Police File 29/05/2012
- NZTA Traffic Advisory
- Teacher Disarms Paeroa College Student
- Waihi Named In Fatal Car Crash
- Waihi Has A Fresh New Green Grocer
- Big Hearted Couple Win Dream Home
- Teenage Girl Killed In Crash
- Officers Sentenced For Rena Grounding
- Plastic Beads Pester Coromandel Beaches
- Experienced Officers Shocked By Media Tactics In Relation To Mother & Baby Death
- Changes Proposed To Crown Minerals Act
- Seddon Street To Get Present This Christmas
- Community To Elect Four To Waihi Community Forum
- Rena Update 18/05/2012 - Is There Something Large Floating Off Waihi Beach?
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 17/05/2012
- Arrests Follow Trashing Of Bereaved Family's Home
- Eddie Morrow Talks About The Waihi Gold Discovery Centre
- Police File 15/05/2012 - Youths 11 to 14 Involved in Lovell Family Home Burglary
- Fire Call Out 14/05/2012
- Single Lane At Sugarloaf Boatramp Reopens
- Digging Into The Gold Discovery Centre and Waihi Recreation Community Centre
- Sugar Loaf Boat Ramp Closed
- Clarke Street Bathroom Bursts Into Flames
- Police File 08/05/2012
- Nightmare Home Invasion Shatters Grieving Family's Holiday
- Community Shocked By Vandalism to Family's Home
- Thames Highway Closed For Up To 4 Weeks Because Of Old Shaft
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 03/05/2012
- Police File 01/05/2012
- Waihi Discovery Centre New Look To Be Unveiled
- April
- One For The Books
- Fire Call Out 30/04/2012
- Residents Say They Feel Intimidated By Environment Court Proceedings
- Detour In Place Until Hole From Old Mine Shaft Repaired
- Heritage Gold Fined $15,000
- Iconic Anzac Painting May Have Waihi Connection
- The Nugget Strikes Gold With 100% Increase In Numbers
- Police And Family Praise Pair For Whitianga Woman's Rescue
- Concerns Grow For Missing Elderly Woman
- Truck Off!
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 19/04/2012
- Council Matters 18/04/2012
- Police File 17/04/2012
- Beside Not Below The Belt
- Rena Update 13/04/2012
- Art Waikino Celebrates A Golden Oldie
- Warren Gatland Injured Falling From Ladder At Waihi Beach
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 12/04/2012
- Council Matters 11/04/2012
- Dame Susan Devoy Ties Up Golden Laces
- Temporary road closure on SH 2 near Paeroa tomorrow
- Police File 10/04/2012
- Drowned Man Couldn't Swim
- Man Drowns Below Owharoa Falls
- Rena Debris At Tairua
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 05/04/2012
- Aft Section Of Rena Sinks
- Council Matters
- Salvage teams on standby at Waihi Beach and Bowentown
- Waikato Police pleased with majority of Beach Hop behaviour
- March
- Back To The Future For Miners 25th
- Dylan Schmidt Wins Gold
- Waihi's Hot Hop Warm Up Party!
- Newmont Talks About Protest
- Fire Call Out 26/03/2012
- Protesters Say Not In Coromandel's Back Yard
- You Little Rippas Waihi East School!
- Rena Hammered By Weather
- More Positive Feedback About PCIP
- Dame Susan Devoy to launch ECHO Walking Festival
- Council Matters 21/03/2012
- Newmont Waihi Gold Talks PCIP
- Police File 20/03/2012
- Waihi Greenies
- She Was Lucky Enough To Be Irish
- Comment Positive On PCIP
- DRAT Response To Property Policy
- Newmont Policy Released
- Prime Minister John Key Interview
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 15/03/2012
- Council Matters With Mayor John Tregidga
- Concerns Raised About Northland Being Mined
- Eight Waihi Kiwifruit Orchards Have Virus
- Police File 13/03/2012
- Fire Call Out 12/03/2012
- Mayors Give Thumbs Down To Driver Test Changes
- Schools From Coromandel To Katikati To Be Connected To Ultra-Fast Broadband
- Questions About Newmont 'In The House'
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 08/03/2012
- Council Matters with Hauraki Mayor John Tregidga
- Gold Fever? Battle over $1 b? Waihi Residents uptight?
- Police File 06/03/2012
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 01/03/2012
- Severe Weather Warning
- High Winds And Trees Cause Power Outage
- Property Policy Delay Concerns Other Groups
- There's Even More Gold In 'Them Thar Hills'
- Woman Successfully Winched To Safety
- February
- DRAT Says "Drat" To Property Policy Postponement
- Council Matters 29 February 2012
- Police File 28 February 2012
- Two Kids Critical Following Hauraki Crash Not In Car Restraints
- No Gun Involved In Paeroa Arrest
- TCDC Reviewing District Plan
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 23/02/2012
- High Hazard Unit Set Up After Pike River Flexes It's Muscle
- Police File: Donuts, Fakes, A Toilet, Burglaries and Scams
- Stroopwafel Wins For Waihi Woman
- New Coromandel MP Bowls A Maiden Speech Over
- Arrest Follows Whitianga Assault
- Paeroa's No Lemon!
- Broken Hills Mine Closed For Failing Safety Test
- Alitech Trailer Stolen Over Night
- Missing Elderly Man Found Safe And Well
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 10/02/2012
- Search Resumes Near Whangamata For Missing Elederly Man
- Search Continues For Yachtie Missing Off Waihi Coast
- Information Sought After Waihi Beach ATM Ripped Off
- Whoa Daddy!
- Swell Results For Waihi Beach Surf Boat Team
- Locals Conquer The Coast To Coast
- Debris Removed From Bowentown And Orokawa Bay
- 20 Years Of Scholarships Celebrated
- Garage Sale Prices Too Good To Be True
- Police Appealing For Information After New World Burglary In Whangamata
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update
- Rena Work Progressing
- Rhys Frees Orca
- Significant Sentence For P Supply And Manufacture
- Man Charged With Receiving Stolen Food Says Police Have Wrong Man
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 02/02/2012
- Waikato Police Media Release On Funeral Food Theft
- Arrests Made After Funeral Food Stolen
- January
- Police Report 31/01/2012
- Waihi Icon Shirley Spurr Sent Off In Style
- R.I.P Shirley Spurr
- DRAT To Hold Workshops To Write Submissions
- Police Disappointed At Taxi Driver's Lunch Time Breath Test Results
- Newmont Waihi Gold Update 26 January 2012
- Rena Salvage Continues
- Take Care On Holiday Routes
- Waihi Police File
- Crew Rescued After Fishing Boat Sinks
- TOXIC Meat Alert!
- Action Stations At The Waihi Pole Trophy Tournament
- Wear Appropriate Safety Equipment
- Waikino Resident Complains To Auditor General
- Motorcyclist Killed On Tairua Road Prominent Taupo Businessman
- Waihi Dahlia Show A Blooming Success
- Motorcyclist Killed On Tairua Main Road
- Container Dragged Ashore At Anzac Bay
- SH25 Expected To Be Back To Two Lanes Later Today
- Subsidence On State Highway 25 Due To Old Mine Shaft?
- Scene Examination Underway After Coromandel Stabbing
- Reporting Debris Gets Beach Cleaned Quickly
- Police Hope Other Riders Will Help Solve Theft Of Historic Motorbikes
- Name Released Of Female Motorcyclist Killed on Kopu Hikuai
- Boaties Advised To Be Aware
- Invasive Giant Knotweed Confirmed On Four Waihi Properties
- Coromandel Death Prompts Police Warning For Motorcyclists
- 51 Year Old Female Motorcyclist Dies In Fiery Crash
- Container Washes Up By Bowentown
- Toxic Shellfish Warning
- Newmont To Give Further Opportunity For Discussion
- Rena Update
- People Cleaning Up Rena Mess - John Colthorpe Video
- Drowning Victim Named
- Rena news Update 11th January
- Man's Body Discovered Floating Off Homunga Bay
- Debris On Beach Not Pretty
- Rena Update 1 pm 10 January
- Maritime NZ Public Meeting At Waihi Beach Today 4 pm
- Where Are We At With The Rena This Morning?
- One For The 'IDIOT Sightings' File
- Final Rena Update For 9th January 2012
- Waihi Beach Open But Caution Urged
- More Photos of the Rena Debris Clean Up
- Pics Of Debris Washing Up On Waihi Beach
- More Containers Off Shore
- Maritime New Zealand Rena Update
- Boaties Advised To Stay Off Water
- Waihi Fire Service Rescues Injured Man From Skip
- Waihi Beach No Go Zone!
- Rena Splits In Two
- Carterton Tragedy Message
- Police Say "Credit Where Credit Is Due"
- Our First Police File For 2012
- Mill Closed For Maintenance
- Summer Of Music
- TCDC District Plan Approval Closer
- Sailors Fix Katikati Forest Track
- Waihi College Community Meetimg
- Serious Crash Unit Still Investigating Motor Cycle Fatality
- December
- 2011
Clarke Street Bathroom Bursts Into Flames
Posted by Gold FM on 08/05/2012
Occupants in a Clarke Street house had a lucky escape yesterday when a heater left in a bathroom to dry clothes caused their bathroom to burst into flames.
Several people were watching television at around about 1.30 pm when they smelt smoke. The bathroom burst into flames when someone opened the door to investigate the source of the smoke.
Waihi Volunteer Fire Service Chief Moe Stevens gave us more details.
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