Tribal Huk Jamie Pink says "two little old ladies" blew his eye with a tommy gun.

The streets are 'eerily quiet', but the success of gang Tribal Huk's ultimatum is in dispute.

The gang leader who claims to have driven P dealers out of Ngaruawahia has reportedly lost an eyeball for his efforts.

The Tribal Huk gang leader who claims to have rid Ngaruawahia of P dealers has the bullet holes to prove it wasn't an easy fight.

A mother has admitted neglect after drink-driving with her 3-year-old son on her lap.

A Ngaruawahia local board member says he's disappointed it took a gang that rid the town of meth, rather than the police.

As of Saturday morning, the small Waikato town was P free, a gang source said.

Cambridge High School and Ngaruawahia High School Waikato will both undergo major redevelopments at a cost of $17 million.

The Waikato mayor has accused the Tribal Huk gang leader of "grandstanding" over his ultimatum to drug dealers.

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

A Waikato bar and a service station were held up at gunpoint just minutes apart overnight.

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.

A suspicious blaze in a 100-year-old school building follows six previous incidents of vandalism since March this year.

Firefighters have been working to contain a poisonous gas leak at a meatworks near Ngaruawahia this morning - the second at the company in less than a fortnight.

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.