Aleesha Tait had just finished her morning shift on a farm and was heading home for lunch when her farm bike and a car collided in Waikato.

A man who won a share of the country's biggest Lotto prize in history on Saturday nearly gave away his ticket to a friend.

After rugby training, teen Dylan Fynn came home, downed his nachos and calmly announced at the family dinner table: "I nearly died today."

A checkout supervisor was "shaking" as she put a winning Lotto ticket barcode to the scanner. The machine beeped and the screen read $13.36 million.

The man whose body was found in a cardboard bale last week likely died in a tragic accident, police say.

First Union assistant general secretary Karl Andersen says the driver of a recycling truck is not to blame for the death of a homeless man.

Stacey Walker is a rare breed - a woman who's happiest wearing her hi-vis vest.

The driver of a red car who may hold information into a crash which claimed four young lives came forward after an appeal was made.

Te Awamutu police have shared a dramatic photo of a car being torched in the Waikato town early this morning.

A man used a cut-down shotgun when he robbed a bank in Te Awamutu.

A motorcyclist who died after a collision with a car in Waikato last week had been the subject of a complaint about his riding only moments before the crash.

A 12-year-old girl who suffered serious injuries after being attacked by a cow is just the latest victim among thousands of cases of people being hurt by cattle.

One lucky Lotto player from Te Awamutu is $1 million richer today after winning Lotto First Division last night.

Management at Te Awamutu College will complete an internal investigation before deciding the fate of four students who got involved in a fracas with police.

A group of Waikato students damaged police property after officers tried to arrest a fellow student.

A grandmother whose Sunday breakfast was interrupted by an armed intruder says she initially thought the man was a drunk looking for a ride.

He's built trains, space-ports, a motorised bug and even Lego clothing - and after five years of trying 12-year-old Stania Klegr has finally become National Lego Building Champion.

Elisabeth Easther learns what makes this Waikato town tick.

Six years ago, Ruby Seeto was crippled with a rare and fast-growing form of cancer.

A funeral for Alan McCandlish, the Taupo base jumper who died after falling from a cliff in Switzerland, was held in Te Awamutu yesterday.

Police are concerned for the safety of a missing Te Awamutu woman.