Residents of the Claudelands area of Hamilton East are being urged to contact Waikato Hospital if they find any medical referral letters in their rubbish.

Two boys aged 14 and 16 have been charged with attempted murder after a police officer was attacked with a knife and a machete.

Hamilton Zoo have had an early Christmas present this year - four meerkats from Auckland Zoo.

Santa Claus is coming to town - and the weather is looking fantastic for his long ride down from the North Pole.

Northerns Districts powered to an eight-wicket win over Canterbury in a domestic Twenty20 cricket match at Hamilton tonight.

Hamilton's new mayor is "horrified" by the $27.4 million paid by the previous council for staging the city's V8 Supercar race over the past three years.

A boy, 14, had to be restrained with handcuffs after he was caught allegedly drink driving.

An injured man broke a police officer's nose as the officer tried to help restrain him in an ambulance.

Good choices were rife at a Hamilton restaurant, especially the one to eat there.

'Artistic differences' might have delayed pop punk Good Charlotte's fifth album but it was good news for the Madden brothers, writes Paula Yeoman.

Police are hunting a hit-and-driver who ran into a group of men fighting in central Hamilton overnight.

A Hamilton teenager led police on a high speed chase reaching speeds of 120km/h before he was caught early this morning.