Latest from Waikato

Hamilton tenor wins Australian Singing Competition

Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono, 25, is the first Kiwi to win the competition since 2019.

'I could just see her blood pressure drop': Son's final moments with dying mum

Now, 13 years on, a coroner will decide how Carmen Walker died during a medical procedure.

ABs great calls for return of NZ's State of Origin

North Island versus South Island has a long history and a big rivalry once on the park.

'Cynical, calculated, deliberate': Lavish lifestyle paid for by employee theft

Kate Carter narrowly avoided jail for duping a Fonterra company out of more than $720k.

Power tools, vehicle used in three overnight Waikato burglaries

Offenders broke into a liquor store, supermarket and motorcycle store overnight.

Two crashes on Waikato Expressway cause significant delays

The crashes are about 400 metres apart.

'Slack practice': Fisher trawled in zone protecting threatened dolphins

Warrick Harris 'should have known better' when he trawled in the prohibited zone 19 times.

'Thrilled': Large grant to speed up mountain bike park's storm rebuild

The park was smashed during Cyclone Gabrielle in February.

Hamilton Girls' rugby players make final, looking good for the future

Hamilton Girls’ High School First XV exceeds its top-four goal

Missing dad wanted for armed bank heist, shooting at supermarket worker

Police have charged Phillips with aggravated robbery, aggravated wounding.

Teen ram raider faces hip replacement, has early onset arthritis after fleeing police

Khances Mahara-Sunnex suffered his injury when landing badly after jumping a fence.

Flying Waikato brothers fight Canada's wildfires

Brothers Matt and Tom Otto are helping fight Canada's worst wildfires.

Pause for thought needed during Slow Fashion September

Don't be too hasty to change your clothes says slow fashion afficionados.

'Doubt they would have survived the night': Men rescued from Mt Ngāuruhoe by chopper

The pair were wearing street shoes, jeans, cotton T-shirts and sweatshirts.

Nurse tasked with checking on mentally unwell man worked double shift

Addicted to synthetic cannabis, he was sent to a care home near a 'tinny house'.

He sexually assaulted a teen, claimed sexsomnia and walked free from court

The man was accused of sexually assaulting his partner’s teenage daughter.

'She clearly cannot be relied on to be honest': Suspended nurse lied on Australian job applications

Maryam Rashidi wasn’t allowed to practise in NZ, so she tried her luck over the ditch.

Arrests, vehicles impounded after burnouts cause road damage costing thousands

Hamilton police are also looking at charges in relation to reparation for the damage.