Waikato

Four people who were shot in rural Waikato yesterday are believed to have driven for kilometres in a desperate bid to find medical help. Locals are trying to piece together exactly what happened.

The first Anjum Rahman heard about her Queen's Birthday Honour was in a letter in her mailbox from the Attorney General.

The Hauraki District Council is considering banning vaping in smokefree zones - it's one of several councils nationwide looking to include vaping in its smoking policy. Audio

Wintec's centre for Health and Social Practice wants to develop practitioners who can work effectively with whānau, pronounce Māori patient names correctly and understand Māori customs.

The family of Nicky Stevens, who died while in the care of the Waikato DHB, are appealing to its commissioner to not challenge the findings of an inquest into his death.

Hamilton's stray cat population may be heading for the snip after a new proposal to introduce a desexing fund.

The E tū union is calling for district health boards to stop using security contractors after a security guard was viciously assaulted at Waikato Hospital early on Wednesday morning.

As world leaders meet in Paris, students, academics and police met at the University of Waikato to discuss ways of combating violent extremism.

An emergency paramedic in Hamilton says her colleagues are at "breaking point" and the city is so under-resourced it could never manage an event like Christchurch's terror attack.

Up to 100 women who have had children taken by Oranga Tamariki are expected at a hui in Raglan today.

Police are spending the day talking to relatives of three people who died in a crash between a truck and a van near Taupō.

For Ngāti Hinerangi, reclaiming their identity as an iwi hasn't been an easy journey.