Waikato

The painting, titled Sleep 'tis a Gentle Thing, was taken along with several valuable artworks over the Christmas-New Year period.

Two people were killed in farm accidents yesterday.

Police have named a man who died following a water incident in a Waikato lake.

A driver has died after a single vehicle crash near Te Awamutu in Waikato overnight.

The Coromandel community of Whitianga is gearing up to fight for the return of practical driving tests in the town.

The 16 protesters at Waikeria Prison have surrendered to authorities after a six-day stand-off, but the Department of Corrections says there was no excuse for their behaviour.

A police officer has been injured while responding to disorder at a popular Coromandel pub.

Amnesty International is calling on the Corrections Minister to ensure force isn't used to end the impasse at Waikeria Prison - where 16 inmates are entering a sixth day of protest.

There are prisoners on the roof and in the yard at Waikeria Prison in Waikato who have not been contained, the president of the Corrections officers' union says.

Hamilton Zoo is celebrating a new addition to its chimpanzee troop - but the public can't inspect the new arrival yet.

Officers were called to a Hamilton house where they found a seriously injured 30-year-old woman, who died at the scene a short time later.

The Waikato District Health Board has apologised to a woman for failings in her care after her uterus ruptured, and her child died a month later.

A pioneering treatment for kidney cancer using radiation has been described as potentially lifesaving.

A search warrant has been executed at a Waikato landfill burning since August.

The Māori All Blacks and Moana Pasifika teams have left their training boots on the bus this afternoon for a pōwhiri at the Tūrangawaewae Marae in Northern Waikato.

A number of businesses in Te Awamutu have been in clean-up mode after being flooded following a torrential downpour in the Waikato town yesterday.