The death of a 7-month-old Hamilton girl who was admitted to hospital with serious and unexplained injuries has been referred to the coroner.

The death of a 7-month-old Hamilton girl is no longer being treated as suspicious, police say.

A post mortem examination will be carried out in Auckland today to determine how a 7-month-old Hamilton girl died.

A baby girl who suffered critical and unexplained injuries has died in Waikato Hospital. Enquiries continue at an address in Hamilton East.

Radiant summer weather made a brief call to the North Island at the weekend, attracting hardy bathers into the still-cool water at beaches and creating a run on icecream.

A woman has been caught on camera taking household furniture from a charity donation drop-off for the needy.

The $16.2 million Lotto Powerball jackpot stayed unclaimed last night - but there are plenty of ways to spend the money.

Mourners are today gathering to farewell two of the three young people who died in a fierce Hamilton house fire last week.

A man who allegedly tried to entice a nine-year-old girl into his ute as she walked home from school in Hamilton on Thursday is being sought by police.

The families of three house fire victims are "horrified" that gatherings intended to pay respects to their loved ones have turned violent.

Greg Johnston's life was shattered the moment he received a phone call to say his little sister was unaccounted for in a devastating house fire.

The family of Hamilton fire victim Toni Maree Johnston has described her as an infectious and fun-loving young woman at a press conference this afternoon.

Police say they are aware of two alleged incidents and have received one complaint involving a female teacher at a boys' Catholic college in Hamilton, but say no crime has been committed.

A female teacher at a Catholic boys' college has resigned amid allegations she had sex with two students.

A female teacher has resigned from a Catholic school amid allegations of inappropriate conduct with two students.

It wasn't meant to be a big party - just a gathering of a few friends of flatmates at the old Collingwood St villa to welcome a new flatmate.

Parents of a young woman who died with two others in a house fire say it's a 'bloody nightmare', as police seek cellphone footage of a party held that night.

Crowds gathered and bagpipe music played as a hearses containing the bodies were driven from the burnt remains of the house where three people died.

A search and rescue team will return to the scene of a deadly blaze today fearing more bodies will be found after three young people were killed.

At least three people have been killed following a large house fire in Hamilton early today.

Today is Child Matters advocacy organisation's fourth annual child abuse prevention "Buddy Day".

An overseas student who was grabbed around the neck and dragged towards a car managed to lash out at her attacker to escape.

Friends of a woman who lost a child and her home in a house fire have set up a fundraising page to help the family.

The mother of a 3-year-old boy killed in a Hamilton house fire yesterday is still fighting for her life.

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