A St John Ambulance officer has been reprimanded after a woman fell on concrete and her husband was called a "fat man".

A woman was attacked in an unprovoked attack while she was talking on her cellphone at a Hamilton pharmacy, police say.

Four Auckland men who allegedly travelled to Hamilton and carried out a ram-raid of a city motorbike store were caught by police before making it back over the Bombays.

A man is being treated for minor injuries after a rather spectacular crash which saw his car land in the middle of a busy Hamilton roundabout.

Clear sunny days will brighten the weekend, but once the sun sets, prepare for chilly nights, MetService says.

A 26-year-old man arrested for assaulting a woman at a Hamilton massage parlour was caught with a large sum of cash allegedly stolen from his employer.

Your Business editor Caitlin Sykes interviews Steve and Korina Verkley, franchise owners of Robert Harris Cafe in Te Rapa.

A Hamilton man cried as he was sentenced to life in prison with a 15 year minimum non parole period for murdering his eight-month-old son.

A Hamilton massage parlour worker was allegedly assaulted after an incident early this morning.

Two men who escaped from from a Hamilton mental health care facility have surrendered to authorities, police say.

The public are being warned to stay away from two men with a history of violence who have escaped from a Waikato mental health facility.

An internet cafe owner has been criticised by police for a lack of "social responsibility" for allowing a schoolboy to play computer games during school hours.

Images from the Balloons Over Waikato event, which runs until this Sunday.

Danielle Wright enjoys the magic of Balloons Over Waikato in Hamilton.

A search is underway for a Hamilton man who allegedly kidnapped his estranged female partner.

The family of a man whose body was found in the Waikato River last week claim he was the victim of "medical and bureaucratic malpractice".

The American tourist who drove into the path of a truck, killing his wife and two friends, has been fined $4500 after pleading guilty to careless driving.

A Hamilton high school teacher who gave pass grades to students whose work had been assessed as "not achieved" has been banned from the classroom.

The man who died after being found lying in a Hamilton road last week was Sean Anthony O'Connor.

Traffic has been affected near Hamilton this morning after what is believed to be a diesel spill.

Police investigating the sudden, unexplained death of a man in Hamilton say a couple seen nearby may hold clues to the fatality.

A tourist has been found dead on a Hamilton road, but police say there was no foul play involved.

Ben Wilson is a founder and account director at BridgePoint, a Hamilton-based IT company that has also developed a voicemail app call Touch Voicemail.

Police have arrested one of two teenagers in relation to a fatal shooting of a man outside a south Hamilton home, but the second suspect remains at large.

Waikato’s biggest party and events hire business based at Te Rapa near Hamilton and with a trading legacy of 27 years is up for sale.

Police are following “positive leads” in locating a person who shot a man dead in Hamilton today.

A homicide enquiry is underway after a deadly shooting in a suburb yesterday evening.