Stories by Natalie Akoorie

The valuations were due in October last year.

Former policeman Stephen Parsons bought a 1990 Mitsubishi V3000 and set about transforming it into a replica of a Ministry of Transport Traffic Safety Service vehicle.

At least one elective surgery was postponed at Auckland Hospital last week and it is feared other surgeries could be affected because of a reduction in staff booking them.

The school aimed at producing more GPs to plug dire shortages, particularly in rural and regional areas.

An application to extend the contracts has been approved - with conditions requiring a definite end to the homeless accommodation.

Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a man in Thames Hospital overnight.

Teachers are in prime position to notice signs of child abuse or have a child confide in them, but it is not mandatory for them to know how to respond or report it.

The man who escaped custody has been named as 48-year-old Damon Anderson.

A prisoner who escaped the custody of Corrections staff at Waikato Hospital in Hamilton was there for "medical oversight".

The man suffered a dislocated shoulder in the incident at Kaitaia police station in April and complained he had been pushed at the top of the stairs and punched in the face.

A former National MP and incumbent Hamilton City Councillor has been hired by the University of Waikato to advocate for its proposed third medical school.

The driver escaped largely unscathed today, after the car went up a bank, through a metal fence and crashed into a parked car, before finally coming to a halt on its side.

The survivors and their families will get the first private viewing of the design for a memorial proposed to honour the dead.

Letters sent to IT employees at Te Whatu Ora Waikato - which outlined a proposed restructure and possible disestablishment of their jobs - included the wrong job titles.

Instead the elite cyclist, left vulnerable from bullying within Cycling New Zealand, was considered at low risk of suicide.

The three-vehicle crash, including a bus carrying 11 tourists, resulted in one death and put 14 people in hospital.

Olivia Podmore was never referred for a detailed psychological assessment after she scored poorly on a mood test that indicated she found life meaningless and did not believe in her own self-worth.

An inquest into the cyclist's suspected suicide heard she was burned out nd presenting as having severe anxiety and depression before her death.

There's a wastewater system, a fireplace, a separate structure on wheels, one labelled a treehouse - and council has issued 11 notices - to no avail.

The remains were discovered in a rural area of Waikato earlier this week.

"It's a moment where you want to know and yet you don't want to know."

Mike Sherman says he was hit by a carer and had his food and drink withheld: "People didn't treat me like a human being."

A detective who visited Joel Buckley five months before he died said it was not his job to investigate whether he still had possession of a military-style rifle.

The Anglican boarding school in Hamilton allows girls to attend from Year 11 (fifth form).

The family of Carmen Walker - who died following complications during a procedure at Waikato Hospital - say the coroner should correct a mistake in his findings.