A helicopter helped battle the scrub fire.

The crash happened near Gordonton about 11am today.

Children and dogs are thought to be at particular risk of harm.

The circumstances of how the person came to be in the river are still being established.

Work being carried out on about 2500 sites on the national roading network.

Big companies get most school lunch contracts as time pressure overrules local jobs.

Police said boy was last seen wearing a plain black t-shirt and tan-coloured shorts.

The Cambridge-based jockey was remanded on bail without plea until next month.

A homicide investigation is under way in Hamilton after an incident overnight.

Despite not entering a plea, Roger Pikia said he'd 'vigorously defend the charges'.

The alarm was raised just before 2.30pm.

A victim says pent-up frustration prompted him to stab a convicted paedophile in prison.

Man flown to hospital after becoming trapped under farm machinery.

Sean McKinnon's sisters have shared their thoughts on today's sentencing.

Xiaoling Chen says she was a 'middleman' and entitled to cash 'finder's fees'.

Kaumātua came up with the cookie cutters as part of a whānau ora innovation project.

Waikato Regional councillor claims fellow councillors are trying to silence him.

Some bargain-hunting customers left disappointed and empty-handed yesterday.

Police were alerted to the crashed vehicle in the early hours of today.

A pathologist has found the 3-month-old died from septicaemia.

A truck has rolled on SH27 in Ngarua, in the Matamata-Piako district, early this morning.

The income earned on council's Victoria St properties halved this year.

City north of Wellington holding its breath through heavy rain after flooding yesterday.

The outbreak in late August affected 24 babies, 12 mothers and some staff.

Waikato Regional Council chairman defends council's 'white as snow' procurement process.