A group promoting conversation about sexuality and gender diversity say they were effectively forced out of a Christian music festival.

A fire at a house in Hamilton was started by a group of "drunk hooligans", according to the Fire Service.

Volunteers are pollinating Dactylanthus plants on Mt Pirongia 'paint brush-style' in the hope to repopulate the maunga with the indigenous plant. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The search for a missing 21-year-old Hamilton man will continue this morning, after a friend lost sight of him in the Waikato River.

A Hamilton man is missing after a friend lost sight of him in the Waikato River early this morning.

A search is under way for a man seen getting into the Waikato River overnight.

Two teenagers were driving a stolen car when they sped past police officers and lost control, crashing into another driver just seconds after a chase began.

A wife watched in horror as her husband's truck bounced off the road, flipped and then skidded about 30m on its side as smoked poured from it.

A police negotiator has persuaded a woman to leave the roof of Centre Place in Hamilton.

Hamilton Police are investigating an early morning crash which saw a passenger flung from a vehicle.

The son of a Hamilton woman, who was texting and driving before she was killed in a crash, is pleading with drivers to put their mobile phones away.

Nearly 5000 people are now in the queue for social housing across the country.

Suspected ram raider turns car on chasing police vehicles in a dramatic pursuit.

An ingenious way to keep cool this summer using a slip 'n slide and a ride-on lawnmower.

The ToolShed in Hamilton has been ram raided for the second time in a month. Police are now hunting for a brown and red, "fairly

A man has allegedly been attacked by a patched Mongrel Mob member during a road rage incident in Hamilton.

Victim advocate Louise Nicholas says allegations Chiefs rugby players verbally abused two female parking wardens are "disappointing".

Parked car no problem for this Hamilton contracting crew who found a simple solution to their road block.

A police officer is recovering at home after he was punched in the face by a man trying to flee police at about 1.30am on Sunday in

A Morrinsville family remain homeless after fire ripped through their home just after Christmas. The McRaes are now having to look

A 48-year-old man has been arrested in relation to the death of Hamilton man Tama Retimana.

Neighbours of a Hamilton house on fire woke the sleeping family in time to escape with their lives.

A Mexican restaurant in Hamilton's CBD has been damaged by fire early today.

Police renew focus on Pine Beach camp in hunt for evidence

Bay of Islands the place to be for summer sun today

Police are continuing their search along the river bank of the Waikato River with a focus on the camp site confirmed as belonging

Who was living with a homeless man on the banks of the Waikato River before his mysterious death is the focus of police investigations.

Three years after a red-light runner killed her daughter at a Hamilton intersection, Joy Bray tells of the enormity of her grief.

Dramatic scenes as bystanders rushed to help foil brazen daylight robbery in Hamilton.

Tama Retimana, whose body was found floating in the Waikato River two days after Christmas, was a father-of-two and had a partner.