Two teenagers and one man have been arrested following an incident during which a police dog was kicked and an officer assaulted.

Police warning over man's actions when he talked to 10-year-old girl in Hamilton.

A blaze which severely damaged a Hamilton bakery was caused by a deep fryer being left on.

Fire fighters took 30 minutes to battle a fire which appears to have started in the Flagstaff Bakehouse kitchen and spread to the neighbouring roast shop.

Just seven months after new valuations were set for Hamilton homes, some are already fetching up to $205,000 above those figures.

Police are asking for the public's help in tracing the movements of a Hamilton man before his body was discovered in a car found crashed in a stream.

The sister of the man who died after his car crashed into a Waikato stream overnight has posted a moving tribute to her brother.

Eric Gerritsen was fined $115,000 for impeding the WorkSafe's investigation into the collapse of the "Mammoth Slide", which left a number of children injured.

Up to one in four property sales in parts of provincial NZ are now to Aucklanders, with many buyers forced from city as prices spiral beyond their means.

Close to 20 per cent of homes and businesses in the Waikato city are now connected to ultra-fast broadband.

Emergency services were called to Wintec's Rotokauri campus in Hamilton this afternoon after a sudden death.

A man is still on the run following an assault on a young woman in her Hamilton home last Sunday.

Police attended an assault in Massey St, Frankton, at about 1.20am today.

A 6-year-old cat burglar with a taste for men's underwear is terrorising the streets of Hamilton.

A Hamilton zookeeper who was tragically killed by a Sumatran tiger is understood to have thought the tiger was locked away safely when she entered its enclosure.

One of the most expensive properties in Hamilton bought by Auckland CEO, who plans to commute.

A Hamilton woman was killed instantly after losing control of her car in her driveway, speeding off and driving it through her neighbour's fence.

A coroner has found the death of a United Kingdom man -- who became disorientated after a night out drinking and fell to his death down a cliff -- was accidental.

A mother convinced her son's life was in danger has described the moment she pulled her child from a collapsed inflatable slide.

A Hamilton man who bludgeoned an elderly man to death with a bottle of bourbon has been sentenced to a minimum of 13 years' jail.

If you do happen to find yourself in Hamilton, and unwilling to stay in one of the array of mock Tudor motels the city has to offer, this is a good place.

As most Kiwis head home, some have no homes to go to - but that is changing in Hamilton, which aims to end homelessness this year.

Two people have been seriously injured after a car drove off the third floor of a carpark building in Hamilton.

Smoke was seen billowing across Hamilton in the early hours of this morning as fire crews battled a large restaurant fire.

More than 20 firefighters from across Waikato were today called to a large blaze which produced a plume visible over Hamilton.

Two Hamilton Zoo staff confronted by a tiger who had just mauled their colleague have been recognised for their quick-thinking actions.

Almost 320 people were caught drink driving in a police blitz in Hamilton over the weekend.

An 18-year-old man who drove his car into a crowd of people has received multiple charges this afternoon.

A car driving on the wrong side of the road caused a head-on collision in Hamilton earlier today.

A couple is facing multiple drug charges after being busted with a variety of drugs and paraphernalia during a routine traffic stop.