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Kia ora: Paeroa
Elisabeth Easther finds this town has much to boast besides its famed giant L&P bottle.
Elisabeth Easther finds this town has much to boast besides its famed giant L&P bottle.
Skiers and other holiday makers planning to use a popular Waikato backroad between Auckland and the Central Plateau's mountains are being warned to expect delays.
Waikato police are urging motorists to slow down after attending 10 crashes overnight.
A woman lost on a Waikato mountain was rescued after contacting her family by Facebook on her phone.
Two investigations are being carried out as to how an email revealing alleged family violence was accidentally sent to students.
A nurse who used a district health board's fuel card to buy $1860 of petrol for her own car has been fined by a tribunal.
Heavily-subsidised transport will next year see South Waikato students bussed up to study each day at the University of Waikato.
A teenager has been flown for specialist treatment after being injured in a crash in the Bay of Plenty yesterday.
Pull on your gumboots for four days of exhibitions, contests, entertainment, food and even art and fashion at Hamilton's Fieldays, says Sarah Ell.
A woman was left with a broken collarbone and head injuries following a late night assault in the Hamilton last night.
A man who beat a police officer to death has been denied parole in his first hearing since he was jailed in 1999.
A Japanese tourist who missed her bus outside a rural New Zealand cave attraction is overwhelmed by the kindness of local people who came to her aid.
More details have emerged about a boating tragedy on the Waikato River that left one man dead and his three mates clinging to trees after their runabout capsized yesterday.
A duck-shooting trip turned to tragedy yesterday after a group of mates were flung from their boat as it capsized on the Waikato River.
Police have confirmed that one person has died and three others have been taken to hospital after a boat overturned on the Waikato River.
One person has been seriously injured after a truck rolled in the Waikato this afternoon. Emergency services were called to the scene at the junction of Waverly Rd and Seddon Rd about 2pm.
A driver has died after crashing a vehicle into a tree, just south of Hamilton, police say.
Police were analysing reported offences to look for both investigative and prevention opportunities and encouraged rural communities to keep their property secure.
An 11-month-old girl is fighting for her life after being run over by a small truck in a Paeroa driveway this afternoon.
Four Auckland men who allegedly travelled to Hamilton and carried out a ram-raid of a city motorbike store were caught by police before making it back over the Bombays.
Three pedestrians have died after five separate fatal crashes this Anzac weekend, prompting police to lament drivers failing to heed basic safety messages.
A 20-year-old man is in a serious but stable condition after sustaining burns while adding petrol to a fire last night, a Waikato Hospital representative said.
A body has been found on the Waikato Expressway at Mercer early this morning.
The death of a rural paper delivery driver who was not wearing a seatbelt should be a warning to other delivery drivers, Waikato Police said.
A 26-year-old man arrested for assaulting a woman at a Hamilton massage parlour was caught with a large sum of cash allegedly stolen from his employer.
A bystander was bashed in the head with a pillowcase stuffed with a rock or brick after catching a burglar in the act in Paeroa last night.