A 10-month-old is in hospital with head injuries after a domestic violence incident at his Hamilton home which also left his mother nursing injuries.

Close to 20 per cent of homes and businesses in the Waikato city are now connected to ultra-fast broadband.

Emergency services were called to Wintec's Rotokauri campus in Hamilton this afternoon after a sudden death.

A man is still on the run following an assault on a young woman in her Hamilton home last Sunday.

Police attended an assault in Massey St, Frankton, at about 1.20am today.

A 6-year-old cat burglar with a taste for men's underwear is terrorising the streets of Hamilton.

A Hamilton zookeeper who was tragically killed by a Sumatran tiger is understood to have thought the tiger was locked away safely when she entered its enclosure.

One of the most expensive properties in Hamilton bought by Auckland CEO, who plans to commute.

A Hamilton woman was killed instantly after losing control of her car in her driveway, speeding off and driving it through her neighbour's fence.

A mother convinced her son's life was in danger has described the moment she pulled her child from a collapsed inflatable slide.

A Hamilton man who bludgeoned an elderly man to death with a bottle of bourbon has been sentenced to a minimum of 13 years' jail.

If you do happen to find yourself in Hamilton, and unwilling to stay in one of the array of mock Tudor motels the city has to offer, this is a good place.

As most Kiwis head home, some have no homes to go to - but that is changing in Hamilton, which aims to end homelessness this year.

Two people have been seriously injured after a car drove off the third floor of a carpark building in Hamilton.

Smoke was seen billowing across Hamilton in the early hours of this morning as fire crews battled a large restaurant fire.

More than 20 firefighters from across Waikato were today called to a large blaze which produced a plume visible over Hamilton.

Two Hamilton Zoo staff confronted by a tiger who had just mauled their colleague have been recognised for their quick-thinking actions.

A car driving on the wrong side of the road caused a head-on collision in Hamilton earlier today.

A couple is facing multiple drug charges after being busted with a variety of drugs and paraphernalia during a routine traffic stop.

She suffered a broken leg after alleged drink driver smashed into group of pedestrians.

Police are seeking a man who allegedly stole contact-less cards and used them at several locations around Hamilton, including service stations.

Police said a "non-specific threat" was received via the independent, anonymous Crimestoppers crimeline at about 1.35pm.

Car-jackers stopped her to ask the time then pulled her out of the car.

Fallen power lines have closed a road in Hamilton after a truck collided with a pole at a busy intersection.

A man has been charged with attempted murder after two stabbings in Hamilton yesterday, one of which left a man with life-threatening injuries.

Armed police have surrounded an address in a Hamilton suburb after a stabbing incident.

Average Hamilton property values have posted a massive 21 per cent rise average in the just released three-yearly council revaluations.

Hamilton commuters were urged to avoid the CBD this morning after a man died after a fall from a car park building.

A family had to flee a burning house in Hamilton this evening.