A 9-year-old Hamilton boy hid in his room armed with a Nerf gun as a thief took his birthday present while his mum was out.

A man brandishing a metal hammer attacked a woman inside her car after she stopped on the side of the road to adjust her radio, police say.

Hamilton Zoo has welcomed a male white rhino calf following his mother's 16-month pregnancy.

Driving drunk wasn't the only bad decision a Waikato woman made - she also rear ended a cop car at a fast food drive-through before verbally abusing an officer.

First Union assistant general secretary Karl Andersen says the driver of a recycling truck is not to blame for the death of a homeless man.

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.

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.

Truck driver blamed for fatal train crash.

Hamilton authorities are on the hunt for an armed fugitive on the run with his toddler in tow.

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.

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.

Police are looking for a man in a white car over shooting of 17-year-old boy in Hamilton.

A 17-year-old boy has been shot on a street in Hamilton, in what is now the third shooting incident on the same street in sixteen months.

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.