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Fresh calls for Auckland - Hamilton rail service
Waikato residents renewed their calls for a commuter rail service between Hamilton and Auckland with staged sit ins at train stations on Saturday.
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Mother charged over alleged abandonment
Police have charged a 22-year-old mother in relation to an alleged child abandonment incident this morning.
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Children abandoned in appalling conditions
Police are speaking to the mother of two young children found home alone early today, surrounded by alcohol cans and a condom.
![Police dumbfounded at Hamilton crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Police dumbfounded at Hamilton crash
All five people in the car had been drinking and the driver said she lost control after being distracted by a passenger.
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$1.4m bank fraud accused named
The identity of a woman at the centre of an alleged $1.4 million Waikato bank fraud has been revealed.
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Runga to support an idol
Bic Runga is returning to the live stage as the support act for Leonard Cohen's tour in late October.
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'Others may be at risk from killer of Carmen'
The family of missing woman Carmen Thomas says innocent lives may be at stake as long as her killer is free.