Waikato

Part of Fonterra's Waikato factory was shut down after a chemical scare.

A kayaker found the body of homeless man Tama Hurinui Retimana on Tuesday evening. He wore only boxer shorts and socks.

Police have named the 2-year-old girl who died after being hit by a car in a driveway in Te Kauwhata in Waikato on Monday.

Alan Langdon and his six-year-old daughter, Que, left Kawhia Harbour in Waikato 11 days ago and haven't been heard from since.

A kayaker has discovered a body while paddling in the Waikato River in Hamilton this evening.

The man missing with his 6-year-old daughter on a catamaran is an experienced and capable skipper, say police.

A father and his six-year-old daughter who left on a sailing trip more than a week ago have not been heard from since.

A two-year-old girl has died after being hit by a car in a driveway in Te Kauwhata.

A new health warning has been issued for Lakes Whangape and Ngaroto, because of algal blooms on the Waikato lakes.

Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta's new role as Ngāti Maniapoto's lead negotiator will not affect her current job, she says.

Parole has been declined for a man who murdered an elderly couple during a home invasion 22 years ago.

A Hamilton real-estate agency has been ordered to pay $1 million for price-fixing.

Police cordons near Taupō's Huka Falls have been removed after the area was blocked off by armed officers this afternoon.

The Waikato DHB is investigating reports of a doctor arriving at work drunk and verbally abusing at least one patient.

The residents of a home hospital in a Coromandel peninsula town can now safely cross the road, after years of pushing for a pedestrian crossing to the beach.

Whitianga locals are demanding their harbourmaster be rewarded, not punished, after he was stood down for using a council boat to free a trapped orca.