Waikato
Police make another plea for video footage of Waikato Expressway assault
Police have again put out a call for video footage of an assault on the Waikato Expressway last Friday.
Police appeal for information after pedestrian fatally hit on SH1
Police are appealing for information following the death of a pedestrian on State Highway 1 in Piarere, Tirau on Saturday.
Milk tanker crash closes SH1 off-ramp in Waikato
A milk tanker rolled on the off-ramp of State Highway 1 near Taupiri, blocking the road.
Section of SH1 closed after serious crash in Waikato
Emergency services are responding to a serious crash on State Highway 1 near Tirau.
Police appeal for video footage of assault on Waikato Expressway
A man who was seriously assaulted on the Waikato Expressway yesterday is in a critical but stable condition in hospital, police say.
Man dragged from vehicle and beaten on Waikato Expressway
A man has been critically injured after he was pulled from a vehicle and assaulted on the Waikato Expressway this afternoon.
Team investigating Taupō homicide seek sightings of silver car
Police investigating the death of a man at a motel complex in Taupō are appealing for sightings of a silver sedan and its occupants.
Police name man who died in Taupō motel
The man whose death is being investigated after he died at a motel in Taupō last Sunday has been named.
Hamiltonians want community boards, but who will pay?
A local community trust has called on Hamilton City Council and the Local Government Commission to implement community boards into the most marginalised suburbs.
Homicide investigators also looking into Taupō firearms incident
Detectives investigating the death of a man at Adelphi Motel in Taupō yesterday are also making inquiries into a firearm discharge last night.
Rocky Horror statue unveiled at new temporary site
The Riff Raff statue in Hamilton, celebrating The Rocky Horror Show and its creator Richard O'Brien, has a new home.
Floral Tribute
Every Thursday morning the five women from the Floral Collective Waikato set up their buckets in the Frankton Railway Institute Hall to sell field grown blooms to local florists. Varieties that don't… Audio
Farmer fined $35,000 for failing to care for his sheep
Warren Michael George Koberstein was convicted for failing to treat about 100 sheep with flystrike, and for the reckless ill treatment of eight others that died as a result of the disease.
Hamilton City Council reduces services as Omicron bites
The Central Library will temporarily close from this Saturday due to staff shortages, while yesterday food scrap collections were also suspended.
Crunch time for organisers to make call on running Fieldays 2022
The Mystery Creek event in June normally attracts over 100,000 people but with New Zealand currently in the red light Covid-19 setting, a decision to go ahead - or not - will be made within the next…
Tokoroa's public toilets judged best in NZ
Tokoroa has won an unusual but impressive title at the Keep NZ Beautiful Awards - best loos! Audio
Govt backing for plan to extract lithium from geothermal brine
A geothermal lithium firm has attracted government investment into a new method to harvesting the metal, which is essential for many technologies.
Waikato rolls out rapid antigen testing as labs reach capacity
The demand is causing a delay to process tests in the lab, with the DHB saying some tests may take up to seven days for a result.
Police investigate Hamilton death as homicide
Police have launched a homicide investigation after the death of a man in Hamilton last night.
Kiwi hatching facility hatches its 200th chick
A kiwi hatching facility has marked its 200th hatchling in just over two years of operating.
