Man could only listen as tear gas canisters went off during police raids.

Police surrounded a Morrinsville property after dramatic weekend shootout with officers.

Police close in on Rollie Heke, who is believed to be armed and dangerous.

Mindset of still-at-large gunman unknown, so caution needed, police chief says.

A shooter who opened fire on police with a semi-automatic weapon was still on the loose.

A police spokeswoman says the driver has been located and is uninjured.

Family furious at missing day of holiday after being bumped from flight to Rarotonga.

Farmers may wait until spring for the water to subside. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A 17-year-old has indicated he will admit driving drunk with a car full of mates.

Police believe David Thompson is in Hamilton and is known to have associates across Waikato.

The expected roll-out of Ultra Fast Broadband in Morrinsville may be 18 months ahead of the original schedule - but it's not soon enough for local businesses. Made with funding from NZ On Air

The expected roll-out of Ultra Fast Broadband in Morrinsville may be 18 months ahead of the original schedule - but it's not soon enough for local businesses. Made with funding from NZ On Air

A Morrinsville family remain homeless after fire ripped through their home just after Christmas. The McRaes are now having to look

Both the holiday road toll and last year's entire toll are the worst they've been in years.

Occupants in a Morrinsville house managed to flee before their house burned down this afternoon.

Waikato towns are on the list but businesses are sick of waiting for ultra-fast broadband. And some have even taken matters into their own hands. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Waikato towns are on the list but businesses are sick of waiting for ultra-fast broadband. And some have even taken matters into their own hands. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Two cars have crashed north of Morrinsville, in Waikato, blocking State Highway 27.

Te Aroha locals are losing their local Westpac and ANZ branches which could force them to drive 20 minutes just to bank a cheque.

Winner's family know which numbers she plays so the morning after the draw, she received a call from one of them.

Morrinsville and Fairfield colleges closed for a week, and Nelson school students monitored after teenager who recently visited Hamilton contracted the disease.

Waihi police investigating the break-in at the town's Mobil service station, the fourth business to be targeted in Eastern Waikato over the past two days.

It may have had problems adjusting its internal GPS, but a seal found on a farm in Waikato had enough gas in the tank to give the police the runaround.

Two people were taken to hospital after a car went into a ditch in Morrinsville early this morning.

Northern Fire Communications shift manager Jaron Phillips said the fire was "fully involved" at the unit in Morrinsville.

Police are asking for the public to help in locating a young man in the Waikato after he failed to appear in court today.

No chickens were harmed in a fire that tore through a commercial chicken processing plant in rural Waikato this morning.

While you're in the 'hood check out some other finds.

A 15-year-old Te Aroha girl who had been missing since Sunday has been found safe and well.