This will be a good weekend to check out the museum or cuddle up with a book as heavy showers and thunderstorms are forecast for parts of the country.

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A "cunning" Hamilton man has been sentenced on 49 charges of fraud and identity theft.

A Waikato couple are living out their very own fairytale - by buying a church. Bayleys real estate agent Lee Carter told the Herald

There has been a dramatic bus crash in Hamilton this morning.

Fleeing driver tosses loaded rifle out of car window.

Police want to hear from potential witnesses after an alleged sex attack in Hamilton.

Watch NZH Focus exclusive: The boxer who died in the ring was looking forward to having a beer with his opponent.

Burglars who threatened a Hamilton dairy owner with a gun and baseball bat while they raided his till were caught trying to make a getaway.

The family of Neville Knight were watching his boxing bout when he collapsed against the ropes and died in the ring at a charity fight night in Hamilton on Saturday.

Three men have been charged over the death of Hamilton man Brent Paul Brown.

A bronze sculpture of a baby southern rhinoceros was unveiled at Hamilton Zoo today - exactly one year after curator Samantha Kudeweh

A year after zookeeper Samantha Kudeweh's death, city councillors today voted down a proposal to increase the council's contribution to a trust for her two children.

A Hamilton mayoral candidate has apologised for a mistake-ridden profile written in Te Reo Maori that was put together using Google Translate.

The biggest issue facing Hamilton in next three years is growth and the city needs a leader who can plan for it with the right amount of infrastructure.

McDonald's staff at a branch in Hamilton have been slammed for the handling of a situation in which a child defecated on the playground.

They were brought together by death, but yesterday a Hamilton couple declared their undying love for each other.

A man allegedly tried to get a teenage girl who was walking to school into his vehicle.

A Waikato bar and a service station were held up at gunpoint just minutes apart overnight.

A mother-of-four children was "in the grips of an extended drinking binge" when her four young children were found walking along a busy Hamilton street on their own.

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A blunt instrument is believed to have been used to kill Hamilton man Brent Paul Brown in his Dinsdale home last week.

It's not just Aucklanders scrambling to afford property.

A former Hamilton IRD employee has admitted not paying any tax or PAYE over a five year period.

A 14-year-old girl is in hospital after crashing a stolen car into a lamp post in Hamilton's CBD.

A woman who went missing on her bus journey from Wellington to Hamilton has been found safe in Levin.

53-year-old Adele Townsend has been located in Levin this evening.

A 43-year-old woman appeared in the Hamilton District Court today on drug-related charges including manufacturing methamphetamine, and the cultivation of cannabis.

A man has been stabbed in the leg with a boning knife after an argument in Hamilton.