The cost of housing in Auckland is pushing staff in industries to leave the city, while Auckland businesses must be prepared to pay more to keep staff.

A top Auckland school is losing three science teachers as houses become an "unrealistic" goal for many in the profession.

Cambridge High School and Ngaruawahia High School Waikato will both undergo major redevelopments at a cost of $17 million.

Fairfield College's former, and controversial, principal is set to take up one of the top positions at Waikato's most prestigious school.

Police said the motorcyclist appears to have hit the side of a bridge.

Confusion reigns over whether Nikki Hamblin has been awarded a prized Olympic medal in Rio.

They call it the "fourth medal" but it's rarer than an Olympics gold, silver and bronze medal - and there's a growing chance a Kiwi is about to win it.

WATCH: New Zealand distance runner Nikki Hamblin's show of sportsmanship at the Olympics overnight was of no surprise to those who know her.

A two-car crash has blocked State Highway 1 south of Cambridge.

Bruce Honore and his wife Meri had been at the Cambridge motocross track cheering on their 8-year-old grandson when a bike flew across the barrier.

A Hamilton woman has been left distraught after a freak accident at a Cambridge motocross event saw her husband killed.

A 68-year-old spectator has died and two people are injured after a motorbike lost control at an event in Cambridge.

A fire at Cambridge Middle School has been extinguished but firefighters are treating the blaze as suspicious.

Late-night rendezvous has left a pair of Cambridge lovers red-faced after police caught them in the act.

She was driving a bus-load of students to school when police pulled her over.

The motorist who died after a crash between her car and a truck and trailer unit in the Waikato has been named by police.

A person is dead after a crash between a car and truck on State Highway One near Cambridge today.

A Cambridge woman has admitted stealing at least $300,000 from her employer, the New Zealand Jersey Cattle Breeders Association.

Nearly 30 Libyan soldiers training in Britain have been sent home after a spate of sex attacks in the city where they were based.

National's Hamilton West MP Tim Macindoe has been referred to police along with Free FM in Hamilton for allegedly airing an election advertisement outside the proper period.

Outspoken biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins has provoked outrage on Twitter by saying that 'stranger rape' was worse than 'date rape'.

Firefighters are dampening down hot spots at a rural location near Cambridge following a massive shed fire in the early hours of this morning.

Two firefighters have narrowly escaped serious injury after a water tanker they were travelling in rolled near Cambridge.

A light plane crashed on Kumara Beach, near Hokitika, this afternoon but the pilot walked away.

It is quite likely we will one day create a machine - a robot, if you like - that can "think" faster than we do, writes Gwynne Dyer.