Andrew Mc Rae

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The government expects home isolation to be an option for travellers entering the country next year. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has announced an MIQ overhaul in three stages.

From… Audio

People in parts of Waikato and King Country are seeing restrictions loosened slightly, to alert level 3 step 1, the same as Auckland's current settings.

Hamilton, Raglan, Waipa, Waitomo and… Audio

The tentacles of Covid Delta have forced more Waikato towns into lockdown tonight, with the level 3 boundary moving further south.

There were 29 new cases today, five of those in Waikato. All the new… Audio

Afghan people living in Aotearoa are pleading with the government not to forget about people with connections to New Zealand who are still stuck in Afghanistan.

There are concerns the people who… Audio

There has not been a lot of good news in Aotearoa recently, but on Thursday the tiny King Country settlement of Marokopa welcomed news a family of four missing for 17 days are safe and well. 34-year… Video, Audio

Thomas Phillips and his three children have been found alive and well after disappearing three weeks ago in Marokopa, Hamilton reporter Andrew McRae talks to Jesse about the development. Audio

A clean up is underway on the Kaimai range after a truck crash resulted in 3000 litres of toxic chemicals flowing into a nearby stream.

The crash occurred just after 6-o'clock this morning on State… Audio

A testing blitz has been on in several Waikato towns today after three cases emerged from a household on the Hauraki Plains.

The three are household members of a prisoner on bail, who returned to… Audio

Anxiety has spread through a rural Waikato community on the Hauraki plains, after three people tested postive for Covid-19 last night.

The three are household members of a remand prisoner at Mt Eden… Audio

Police searching for missing King Country man, Thomas Phillips are keen to know the whereabouts of two motorbikes he owned.

Mr Phillips and his three children haven't been seen since last Saturday at… Audio

An improvement in the weather is helping in the search for the missing Phillips whānau, with the search continuing to focus on the Marokopa coastline today.

Thomas Phillips and his three young… Audio

Bad weather is hampering the search for a King Country man and his three children missing on the North Island's rugged west coast.

34-year-old Thomas Phillips and his children Ember, Maverick and… Audio

A major search is on at a remote and rugged settlement on the west coast of the North Island for a man and his three children.

Police say they have serious concerns for Ōtorohanga man Thomas… Audio

A search and rescue operation is underway for a man and his three young children who are missing on King Country's West Coast.

The police say the group was last seen at Marokopa, west of Te Kuiti, on… Audio

People in South Waikato say the tight nature of their community got them through lockdown.

The district gratefully went into Alert Level 2 this week along with most of the country.

Tokoroa became a… Audio