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.

A Ngaruawahia man is to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after he was charged with attacking three men with a meat cleaver, putting all of them in hospital.

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

The grandmother of a six-month-old who died a violent death says someone needs to come forward with the truth.

Bringing the person who inflicted fatal non-accidental head injuries on a six-month-old baby girl...