Te Aroha, New Zealand News

"The victim was taken to Waikato Hospital with a variety of head injuries and bruising to his body and has since been discharged today," said Detective Sergeant Dean Anderson.

Plans for a new liquor store in Te Aroha have been met with a protest by residents who say there are enough outlets to buy booze in the little town.

Waikato Police say the area where a West Coast man missing for three days could have possibly gone to are so vast it is presenting huge challenges for the staff tasked with finding him.

The former trainer of multiple Group 1 winner Sir Slick has been ordered to pay more than $15,000 to his former training partner by the Employment Relations Authority.

LAND REVITALISED: Alice-Marie Clarkin, left, George Clarkin and Eleanor Clarkin romp on the new grass at the site of the cleaned-up Tui Mine at Te Aroha.