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.

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.

Defending champions Central Districts cruised to victory in the HRV Cup opener, thrashing Northern in Hamilton.

If you want Christmas Day to really be a holiday, book yourself into a restaurant and let the staff do all the work.

New Zealand's road to the 2012 London Olympic begins in Adelaide this weekend at the Oceania track championships.