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![Body recovered from river identified](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Body recovered from river identified
A body recovered from the Waikato River yesterday has been formally identified as missing Australian Paul Arber.
![Body recovered from Waikato River](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Body recovered from Waikato River
A body recovered from the Waikato River today was found by a group of teenage rowers from Hamilton Girls High School, police say.
![Arber's parents: 'We feel he's still alive'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Arber's parents: 'We feel he's still alive'
The parents of a missing Australian tennis coach believe their son is still alive and have made a desperate plea for help from the public to find him.
![Lost tennis coach: The last photo](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Lost tennis coach: The last photo
A close friend of missing Australian tennis coach Paul Arber says a sighting of him in the Waikato River early on Sunday has given him hope that he is still alive.
![Mayor: Govt needs to rule on fluoride](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Mayor: Govt needs to rule on fluoride
Hamilton mayor Julie Hardaker says people are over the fluoridation issue and just want decisions made about their drinking water.
![Hamilton council votes on fluoride debate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Hamilton council votes on fluoride debate
Hamilton City Council will vote today on whether to keep the city's water fluoride free, or to put the chemical back in.
![Man dead after alcohol-fuelled brawl](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Man dead after alcohol-fuelled brawl
A man is dead after being involved in an alcohol-fuelled brawl at a Waikato property yesterday.
![Man injured after fence post smashes through windscreen](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Man injured after fence post smashes through windscreen
A Canadian tourist suffered serious facial injuries when a fence post smashed through the windscreen of his car in a crash on Hamilton's southern outskirts last night.
![New community social housing projects announced](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
New community social housing projects announced
Community social housing projects in Wellington, Tauranga and Hamilton have been announced by Housing Minister Nick Smith.
![Series of intruder incidents in Waikato](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Series of intruder incidents in Waikato
Hamilton residents are being advised to check their home security following a series of intruder incidents in the east of the city on Sunday.
![Mayor vows to tell shop to stop selling legal highs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Mayor vows to tell shop to stop selling legal highs
The Mayor of Hutt City is vowing to visit a legal highs shop in Naenae this morning to tell its owner to stop selling synthetic drugs.
![Teens assault men in 'cowardly attack'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Teens assault men in 'cowardly attack'
Two men were assaulted by a group of teenagers in Hamilton overnight in what police called a "cowardly attack".
![Questions remain over teen's death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Questions remain over teen's death
A forensic examination into the suspicious death of a teenage girl in Hamilton yesterday has raised more questions than it has answered, police say.
![Shock at crash during first flight](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Shock at crash during first flight
A young pilot is in "deep shock" after crashing a light plane into another shortly after take off this morning on his very first solo flight.
![Teen's body found at Hamilton house](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Teen's body found at Hamilton house
A forensic examination into the death of a young Hamilton woman has raised more questions than it has answered for officers investigating her death.
![Sun, wind and rain for long weekend](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Sun, wind and rain for long weekend
The country is in for a mixed bag of weather over Labour Weekend, with sun, wind and rain predicted.
![Man fled crash in patrol car](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Man fled crash in patrol car
A man fled a crash scene in stolen police car while officers struggled to arrest a repeat drunk driver who hid in a bed at a nearby house.
![Teenage girl arrested over theft of a cache of firearms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Teenage girl arrested over theft of a cache of firearms
A teenage girl and a man have been arrested over the theft of a cache of firearms in Hamilton this week.
![Cinema bars rude movie-goers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Cinema bars rude movie-goers
Loud moviegoers will be shown the door and latecomers turned away under a "no disturbance" policy at a new Hamilton cinema.
![Routine vehicle stop nets cash, drugs in Hamilton](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Routine vehicle stop nets cash, drugs in Hamilton
A routine vehicle stop in Hamilton by police has netted thousands of dollars and a large quantity of a controlled drug.
![House 'unliveable' after fire in Hamilton](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
House 'unliveable' after fire in Hamilton
A woman and her young nephew had a lucky escape after their home caught fire, causing severe damage to almost half the house.
![Casino scammer to be deported](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Casino scammer to be deported
A Chinese woman involved in a gambling scam with her ex-boyfriend and a casino worker that stole more than $50,000 has avoided a jail sentence but will be deported.
![Members of the public stop attack in Hamilton](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Members of the public stop attack in Hamilton
A bus driver and members of the public stepped in to stop five youths attacking a man for his cellphone in Hamilton.
![Dairy owner charged under new law](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Dairy owner charged under new law
A Hamilton dairy owner will appear in court accused of selling synthetic cannabis in the country's first such case since new legislation came in last month.
![Worker dismissed for attacking patient](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Worker dismissed for attacking patient
A psychiatric assistant who forced a young autistic patient to the ground and held him in a head lock was justifiably dismissed, the ERA rules.
![Pizza delivery man bashed by mystery attacker](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Pizza delivery man bashed by mystery attacker
A pizza delivery driver was lured to a vacant Hamilton house where he was bashed with a metal bar last night, police say.