Axing sugar cuts tooth decay by a fifth
Healthier food and drink and more exercise have cut preschoolers' tooth decay by a fifth.
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Cuts faced at top university music school
Pressure mounts to save jobs as uni proposes to cut three lecturers in cost-saving bid.
Drink drivers' excuses don't wash
Police have taken a novel approach to pushing the anti-drink driving message.
Police find man involved in creek accident
A police spokeswoman says the driver has been located and is uninjured.
Electrical fire at plant under control
Extra firefighters were called to a fire at Inghams processing plant in Waitoa today.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Huge new attraction in Paeroa
Move over L&P. Here comes the Paeroa Mural. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Huge new attraction in Paeroa
Move over L&P, here comes the Paeroa Mural. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Spotlight on hunters in Waikato cold case
Police suspect possible foul play over missing Hamilton man Frederick "Rick" Hayward.
Missing man may be hit-and-run, police say
Father-of-two Rick Hayward has been missing since 2013.
Fire poi dancer burned after dance goes wrong
Man entertaining crowd at Chiefs v Lions match in hospital in stable condition
Man of steel: How did he survive being dragged behind ute?
Boss Pomare was run over by a ute and dragged 100 metres. This is his story of survival.
Huge fine after digger crushes man's legs
Hydrotech Ltd has been fined nearly $50,000 after a digger crushed an employee's legs.
Tirau house fire death being treated as a homicide
Police say fire that killed Tirau grandmother was deliberately lit.
Kiwi in fatal crash was about to become a dad
Kiwi killed in crash with French tourists had recently found out his partner was pregnant.
The Reef Resort, Taupo
Shandelle Battersby checks into a Heritage Collection hotel on Taupo's lakefront.
Tourists' car thrown over barrier into ditch in heavy fog
Three tourists died when their Corolla landed in a ditch in a horrific crash near Paeroa.
'Terrible and tragic time for families'
One car exploded in flames and another crashed of SH2 in a crash that killed four people.
Four dead after fiery Waikato crash
Four people have died after a horror car crash near Netherton.
Truck breakdown blocking SH1B at Taupiri
The incident, between two roundabouts near the railway bridge, is blocking one lane.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Pen and paper is out as farmers move to devices
Farmers moving to apps for real-time data. Made with Funding from NZ On Air.
Kids in car as thief mows down staff member
Warehouse staffer clings to speeding car's bonnet as thief tried to escape.
Debris slowing commuters in Waikato crash
One person was injured in the two-vehicle crash near Huntly.
Lost and found: 3-tonne bacon slicer
"It must be really annoying having to cut it with a knife."
Fiery Waikato crash takes life of motorist
A young man is believed to have been killed in a fiery crash near Thames
Fonterra farms to record climate pollution
Dairy farmers won't have to pay for their climate pollution yet, the Govt says.
Watch NZH Local Focus: WINZ job seekers clean up flood inundated farms
It is a win for farmers and job seekers. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Southon debuts at Fieldays
Mark Southon reckons he can share cooking and dating tips to this year's rural bachelors.
Hamilton's homegrown heat-tolerant cows
Two Hamilton men have discovered a gene which allows cows to tolerate high temperatures
Man arrested after shooting
Anthony Brett Clegg, 39, arrested after a fortnight on the run from police.
Farmers' health new focus at Fieldays
It's not all the about the animals - Fieldays its looking after farmers' health too.
Accused fake DHB psychiatrist changes plea
A man who purported to be a qualified psychologist has withdrawn his guilty pleas.