Waikato

One person has died after a crash in Waikato, early on Sunday.

They were in prison for a wide variety of offences. Some had histories of violence or drug offending. One even had a high-ranking position within a gang.

Hamilton locals and visitors have a new app to help discover natural areas in the city.

A Coromandel resident and business owner says she is heartbroken after gang members started a fight in her town. Audio

A rescue helicopter found itself in need of rescue in the Waikato region on Wednesday.

Police are searching for a Waikato man wanted on serious charges and say he should not be approached.

Five battery-sparked fires have occurred in bags left at the Resource Recovery Centre and in kerbside bins since May.

The new $80 million regional theatre for Waikato is $2m short of its needed capital funding.

Sonning Carpark in Hamilton will now be called Opoia Paa following a vote by Hamilton City Council today.

The first distribution centre at New Zealand's biggest inland port was opened in Waikato on Wednesday. Audio

Police remain concerned for the welfare of the missing Marokopa children following Tom Phillips' new arrest warrant after being linked to a bank robbery in May.

The mayor of Ōtorohanga says new charges against fugitive Tom Phillips will change the community's perception of the case. Audio

Missing man Tom Phillips has been charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated wounding and unlawfully possessing a firearm, police say.

Police were alerted to a car found abandoned in the Mary Street shopping centre entrance.

The chancellor of the University of Waikato was intimately involved in helping National develop policy, raising questions about independence.

A struggling psychology clinic has been brought back from the brink after being welcomed by the University of Waikato.

One person died in a two vehicle crash in Hauraki on Wednesday morning.