A Hamilton bistro has been destroyed by a fire today, devastating its owners.

A man has been arrested in connection to airgun shooting incidents in Hamilton - the latest involving a man being shot in the buttocks.

Daymion Koroheke was waiting for a pizza on Christmas Eve when he heard a loud gunshot and felt searing pain in his back.

A Hamilton business owner is in an induced coma after being attacked on Friday evening when he tried to break up a drunken argument.

A domestic stabbing in Hamilton this morning has led to warnings of the volatile mix of alcohol and increased Christmas financial pressure.

Danielle Wright takes her family on a nostalgic trip back to 50s New Zealand at a vintage car museum in Hamilton.

A body recovered from the Waikato River today was found by a group of teenage rowers from Hamilton Girls High School, police say.

The parents of a missing Australian tennis coach believe their son is still alive and have made a desperate plea for help from the public to find him.

A close friend of missing Australian tennis coach Paul Arber says a sighting of him in the Waikato River early on Sunday has given him hope that he is still alive.

Hamilton mayor Julie Hardaker says people are over the fluoridation issue and just want decisions made about their drinking water.

Hamilton City Council will vote today on whether to keep the city's water fluoride free, or to put the chemical back in.

A man is dead after being involved in an alcohol-fuelled brawl at a Waikato property yesterday.

Work and Income New Zealand has apologised to a woman with a debilitating medical condition for placing her on a benefit requiring her to find work.

A woman ran over her partner several times with a car in front of stunned onlookers at Hamilton shops before fleeing from police and crashing into the Waikato River today.

Hamilton residents are being advised to check their home security following a series of intruder incidents in the east of the city on Sunday.

The Mayor of Hutt City is vowing to visit a legal highs shop in Naenae this morning to tell its owner to stop selling synthetic drugs.

Two men were assaulted by a group of teenagers in Hamilton overnight in what police called a "cowardly attack".

A forensic examination into the suspicious death of a teenage girl in Hamilton yesterday has raised more questions than it has answered, police say.

A young pilot is in "deep shock" after crashing a light plane into another shortly after take off this morning on his very first solo flight.

A forensic examination into the death of a young Hamilton woman has raised more questions than it has answered for officers investigating her death.

The country is in for a mixed bag of weather over Labour Weekend, with sun, wind and rain predicted.

A man who kidnapped a woman and held her captive in a Hamilton shed has been jailed for nearly three years.

A man arrested for stealing a police patrol car over the weekend has admitted he didn't realise what type of vehicle it was - despite its flashing light.

A man fled a crash scene in stolen police car while officers struggled to arrest a repeat drunk driver who hid in a bed at a nearby house.

A teenage girl and a man have been arrested over the theft of a cache of firearms in Hamilton this week.

Loud moviegoers will be shown the door and latecomers turned away under a "no disturbance" policy at a new Hamilton cinema.