Waikato

Lawyers representing two men accused of manslaughter following an alleged race that ended with a second vehicle plowing into an oncoming van, have presented their closing arguments in court today.

A high stakes court battle is looming over a $13,000 compensation bill that one of New Zealand's big four energy companies says is fundamentally unfair.

A woman has been charged with the murder of a 26-year-old man on New Year's Day in the Waikato.

Police in Hamilton are asking for the public's help in tracking down a man over an early morning assault on a woman.

Two people have died following a crash on State Highway 3 south of Otorohanga.

Waikato District Health Board could drop a contentious policy requiring un-immunised staff to wear a mask when treating patients.

A new $230 million dairy factory in King Country has been granted land consent despite local opposition.

Threatened, native female eels are being chewed up by council-owned drainage pumps, Forest and Bird says.

Police are seeking witnesses to a fatal two-car crash in Waikino in the Karangahake Gorge last Friday.

The police are treating the death of a 28-year-old woman in Hamilton as a homicide.

Thousands of dollars of brand clothing has been stolen in a ram-raid burglary on a Raglan clothing store early this morning.

A woman was clocked drink driving while speeding and carrying 12 passengers, including nine children, on Sunday night.

Police are still appealing for sightings of a Hamilton woman who was reported missing last month.

The police are investigating the suspicious death of a woman at a Hamilton house.

A boy has died after a quad bike rolled on a Waikato dairy farm last night.