The body found in cardboard bales has been identified as Te Awamutu father-of-three Daniel Bindner.

A blessing is to be held on the site of the Frankton cardboard processing factory where a body of man was found in a cardboard bale.

Staff at a Hamilton cardboard processing have been left "freaked out" after discovering body parts in a cardboard bale.

Police make major breakthrough into the crash which killed four people near Hamilton Airport on Friday night.

The driver of a red car who may hold information into a crash which claimed four young lives came forward after an appeal was made.

Part of a roof has collapsed on a section of a building on Victoria St, Hamilton, next to Centre Place Mall.

Authorities are searching for a white or light-coloured hatchback car thought to be travelling with the Nissan Skyline involved in a the fatal crash in Hamilton.

The families of the four young people who died in a horror crash near Hamilton are beginning to pay tribute to their loved ones.

Waikato police say they are investigating whether two cars were racing each other and whether an altercation took place shortly before the fatal crash.

A 17-year-old could face three years imprisonment or a $50,000 fine if found guilty.

Two shootings in one Hamilton street.

A Waikato woman has admitted stealing $750,000 from her employer over five years.

A Hamilton man facing a charge over an alleged shooting in the city on Thursday plans to fight the charge.

A Hamilton man who was jailed for crashing into a group of cyclists, killing one, is back before the courts again, this time for assaulting his partner on two occasions.

Near-record crowds flocked to Fieldays near Hamilton, making it one of the biggest years in the event's history.

Paul Olsen from Opiki won only one challenge throughout the week, but he walked out a winner.

Hamilton police are looking for Angelo Wilson. Police said Wilson had a history of violence. He had a number of contacts in the Melville area.

Armed and dangerous man with links to the Mongrel Mob is being sought after a 14-year-old boy was shot and injured last night in Hamilton.

The crankholder is set to revolutionise the fencing industry ... or at least make it much easier to build a fence.

Police called after gun fired at a party.

Do not approach, police warn.

The family of a zookeeper killed by a tiger at Hamilton Zoo last year are horrified a letter sent to Australasian zoos appears to blame the keeper for her death.

Roasting marshmallows with a bunch of 5-year-olds was a different challenge altogether for this year's rural bachelor contestants.

Hamilton City Council has admitted fault over the mauling of zoo keeper.

A couple who were aided by a police escort in their baby birth dash have been reunited with the officer who helped bring their new daughter into the world.

In the last three months, offenders committed six ram-raid burglaries at commercial premises which sold high-end electrical equipment.

The investment of $53.5m in schools in Tauranga, Hamilton and Hawkes Bay is part of the Budget 2016.

Five councils - Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton, Queenstown and Christchurch - will be affected by new policy released by the Government this afternoon.

Firefighters have brought a large blaze at a recyling plant in Hamilton's industrial district under control.