A recidivist drink driver had five children in his car when he allegedly drove drunk last night, police say.

It's not everyone's idea of an ideal place to visit, but Elisabeth Easther finds treasures on a trip to Huntly.

The impacts of the global financial crisis hit are ingrained in our communities.

A man charged with setting his wife on fire at a rural Waikato roadside before fleeing for Fiji with his son will plead not guilty to her murder.

A gang member believed to be armed and using methamphetamine has been arrested in Huntly, north of Hamilton.

A devastating pig disease which broke out in the North Island in 2003 and crossed to the South Island in 2006 is still spreading, farmers say.

A road worker who died after he was run over by a tarseal spraying truck north-east of Hamilton on Thursday was today named by police as Graham Donald Bennie, 55, of Huntly.

The man accused of murder after his wife's body was found burning on the roadside near Huntly is facing three charges, including one of assault in December last year.

The husband of the woman found burnt to death near Huntly last week has arrived in Auckland on a flight from Fiji, accompanied by NZ police officers. He is likely to be charged with her murder.

Davesh Sharma, the husband of the woman who was found burnt alive near Huntly last week, is on his way back to New Zealand.

The woman who died after she was doused in accelerant and set alight will be farewelled at a service in Fiji today.

The family of a young mother burnt to death in the Waikato have been stunned by her death. Police today confirmed they had tracked down her husband Diwesh Sharma in Fiji, after help from the local Fijian community.

The husband and son of a young mother burnt alive on the side of a rural road near Huntly have been found in Fiji. NZ Police said the boy was found when Fijian police located his father.

Fiji police have refused to confirm that a man wanted in connection with the death of his wife near Huntly last week has been caught.

Honour killings have taken place in New Zealand, a spokesperson for an ethnic women's group says.