Waikato

One person has died following a crash on SH26/Paeroa Kopu Road in Hikutaia this afternoon.

Cheers roared through both parliament and Pipitea Marae in Wellington as the Crown and Ngāti Maniapoto reached settlement.

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A man accused of murder received death threats from upset members of the public gallery as he stood in the dock at the High Court in Hamilton this morning.

A 48-year-old man has been charged with murder in relation to the death of another man in Hamilton earlier today.

St John says it is devastated to be grieving the loss of one of its own following a serious crash near Cambridge early this morning.

A person has died in an crash on State Highway 3, south of Kihikihi.

A person has died and an ambulance driver was taken to hospital in a critical condition after a crash on Tirau Road (SH1) at Cambridge.

Waikato police say they do not have a clear area to search for a Te Kuiti man missing for near six-months.

A body has been found near State Highway 25 in a Waikato town this morning.

A retired dentist who runs a free service for those who cannot afford care is appealing to the government for more funding.

Police have arrested and charged a youth following the ram raid burglary of Chartwell Shopping Centre yesterday.

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A fatal fight between two senior Mongrel Mob members, which saw one stabbed to death, was due to the theft of a safe containing $250,000.

Police have confirmed a person died following a two-vehicle crash in Kaimarama last night.

A pilot who crashed a light plane near Thames this afternoon is believed to have suffered sunstrike before hitting power lines.

Donna Pokere-Phillips, who is co-leader of the Outdoors and Freedom Party, regularly shares content from anti-vaccination campaigners on her social media platforms.

Two men have been arrested following a spate of burglaries and car thefts across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty.

Police suspect Tom Phillips and his three young children, who went bush eight months ago, may have started new lives somewhere else in the country.