Waikato
Recount reduces Hamilton mayor's margin to six votes
A recount has confirmed Andrew King will be the new Mayor of Hamilton but his razor-edge margin has narrowed to just six votes.
Hamilton school evacuated after threatening note
Police have finishing searching Hillcrest High School in Hamilton after pupils were sent home follwoing a bomb threat.
Woman and child found, unaware of police search
Police mounted a major operation in Hamilton this morning after they were given what turned out to be false information that a woman and baby had been abducted.
Hamilton tyre company blaze forces road closures
A large blaze at a tyre company in Hamilton is the second at the building in less than 24 hours.
Blitz on Lake Karapiro water weed
The government has committed to tackling an invasive weed that is clogging up Lake Karapiro, site of world rowing championship events.
Tasty and controversial: the Cornish Pasty
Historically, the Cornish pasty was the convenient one-stop lunch box for west country tin miners. The pasty's history goes back thousands of years further: to Ancient Roman times and the Bronze Age… Audio
Woman dies in quad bike accident
A woman died when the quad bike crash she was riding with two other people it rolled down a bank into a stream.
Huk justice backed by hacks without facts
The Tribal Huk gang's promise to drive the drug P out of Ngaruawahia caught the imagination of the media and won praise from pundits. But did they know what they were actually applauding? Audio
Arrest after man stabbed in fight at home
A 28-year-old man has been charged after a repeated stabbing put another man in a critical condition Paeroa last night.
Dazzling daffodils
Clandon Daffodils grows more than a million stems of daffodils each year. The classic yellow daffodil is always a top seller but there are hundreds of other commercial varieties and hundreds more seen… Audio, Gallery
The Future of Regional New Zealand
Statistics out this morning show the four fastest-growing regions in New Zealand are Auckland, Canterbury, Waikato and Bay of Plenty. Audio
Man assaulted after confronting hunters on property
A Waikato man has been flown to hospital with chest and facial injuries after being assaulted on his property early this morning.
Ewe won't believe what's for sale...
The iconic sheep and ram building in the Waikato town of Tirau is up for sale for the first time.
Police treat Waikato River death as 'unexplained'
A woman whose body was found in the Waikato River last night had been playing with her two dogs on the river bank before she died.
Woman's body found in Waikato river
A woman's body has been found in the Waikato river, near Ann Street in Hamilton.
'Netflix killer': Viewers looking for alternatives
The director behind an internet service marketed as a Sky TV and Netflix killer says he does not think it is allowing illegal viewing.
Man dies after light plane crash
A man has died after a light plane crash at the Matamata airfield.
Otago Uni unhappy at new Waikato medical school plans
Plans by Waikato University to open New Zealand's third medical school would bring "stress and difficulties" for students at existing institutions, Otago University says.
New medical school to boost rural doctor numbers
Waikato University has announced plans to create a new medical school, aimed at getting more doctors to rural and provincial areas.
More calls to rural support line reported
The Waikato Rural Support Trust is receiving unusually high numbers of calls from farmers due to adverse weather conditions and the low dairy payout, it says.
