A 34-year-old Ngaruawahia woman who allegedly drove drunk while her son was sitting on her lap has appeared in Huntly District Court this morning.

The 54-year-old woman suddenly collapsed and died of a heart attack while working during the interval break at Ngaruawahia High School on Monday morning.

Maori tribal leaders will today sign a "covenant" with the nation's children, promising to respect them and make childhood a time of "joy and light".

Unwatched pot bursts into flames but family safe after smoke alarm warning.

Firefighters are battling a "well-involved" house fire near Ngaruawahia.

Auckland is like a big sister, stealing all the pocket money and commandeering the new colouring-in pencils until the lead is broken in a dozen places.

Police are asking the public to help them find a vehicle connected to an aggravated robbery at a home in Ngaruawahia this afternoon.

Four people escaped with minor injures after a single-story home in the Waikato caught fire.

Police are investigating an aggravated robbery at a grocery store.

A WW II Grenade has been detonated in Waikato after being found by children yesterday.

A member of the public is being praised for rescuing a man from a brutal robbery and assault on the streets of Ngaruawahia early on Friday.

A homicide investigation has been launched after death of a 44-year-old man in Ngaruawahia yesterday morning.

A former IRD employee has been sentenced to two years and five months in prison on dozens of fraud charges spanning nearly six years.

Two Waikato women stepped in and stopped a man who was kicking his partner in the head on a Ngaruawahia street on Sunday night.

Sergeant Juliet Burgess of the Huntly Strategic Traffic Unit said emergency services were called to a 100km/h stretch of SH1 by the intersection with Kelm Rd about 5.18am.

Ngaruawahia locals say they've been targeted for standing up against child abuse after the death of a baby.