As valuable to marine life as it is prized by humans, the Hauraki Gulf is in decline. Though solutions seem as elusive as the gulf's fish stocks, a groundswell is building for collaboration.

The Waikato River Trails section of the NZ Bike Trail opens up a beautiful tract of backcountry North Island.

Saying cheese puts a smile on Catherine Smith's face as she tours Waikato.

A Nissan 4WD crashes into an interior decoration shop, then backwards into an outdoor furniture shop, leaving a Waikato driver seriously hurt.

Three-month-old Sarah Haddock-Woodcock was found dead in her parents home in 2005, with broken ribs, fractured skull and other wounds.

A major police raid in the Waikato discovered large amounts of guns and drugs, as an eight-month operation came to a climax.

Remarkable story of healing for a Waikato woman savagely mauled by dogs less than a month ago.

The owner of eight pig dogs that attacked a Waikato woman while she was jogging yesterday has been arrested.

A woman mauled by eight pig dogs yesterday has undergone nine hours of surgery after the attack left her covered in wounds.

A man whose neighbour was savaged by a pack of dogs says he does not know why the animals gave up their attack, but he is grateful they did.