A virtual health system set up by Waikato District Health Board will compete with another one designed by GPs and patients.

A man so busting to go to the toilet, he reached speeds of up to 176km/h on the Waikato Expressway.

Shoppers are being urged to source their meat from legitimate suppliers after the Ministry for Primary Industries shut down a black

A Huntly woman allegedly caught drink driving with three unrestrained children in the car has appeared in court.

The signs of summer are among us with pohutakawa trees flowering already and forecasters say the official first day of the season on Thursday will be calm and dry.

Investigators will return to the scene of a large industrial fire in Taupo.

"Essentially you breathe life into something that is dead material" Puppeteer Norbert Hausberg exhibits his lifelong passion. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

"Essentially you breathe life into something that is dead material" Puppeteer Norbert Hausberg exhibits his lifelong passion. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A motorcyclist has died in a crash with a car on State Highway 25, south of Tairua, this afternoon.

One person is in a critical condition follow a two-car crash on State Highway 1, just north of Tirau.

A man convicted of indecently assaulting a female prison guard has become the first person in New Zealand to be sentenced for a 'third strike' offence.

The union for senior doctors is calling for an independent investigation into the orthopaedics situation at Waikato District Health Board.

The Labour Party is urging a rethink of one of the Government's key health targets after a group of surgeons revealed important operations were being put off in order to reach the strict target.

Waikato Police have arrested three people, including two teens, for ram raiding a Raglan service station.

One person is dead after a crash 20 minutes north of Matamata this afternoon.

Job advertisements rose 9.9pc in October, with the Waikato job market thriving.

A man wanted in relation to an aggravated robbery and assault on police in Morrinsville last month has handed himself in to police.

The family of the 11-year-old boy killed in a car crash which injured six other children are remembering a "real character" who always made them laugh.

Long-serving Waikato regional councillor Lois Livingston has died after a battle with cancer.

Police are focusing on two vehicles involved in a ram raid on a BP service station in Raglan this morning.

New Zealand is in for a relatively dry day today with areas of morning cloud and isolated showers in the north, clearing around midday and becoming mostly sunny.

The family of an 11-year-old who was critically injured in a horror crash in Ngaruawahia had to turn off his life-support.

Music teacher Jamie Strange has launched his campaign to win Hamilton East from sitting National MP David Bennett at next year's general election. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Music teacher Jamie Strange has launched his campaign to win Hamilton East from sitting National MP David Bennett at next year's general election. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Two people are trapped after the car they were in collided with a tree on Durham St in Ngaruawahia.

Missing Waikato man Josh Goudswaard has been found alive - "playing the bongos" on a Bali beach.

Learning to drive can be hard, but learning it in a new language is almost impossible. But that's changing for refugees in Hamilton. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Learning to drive can be hard, but learning it in a new language is almost impossible. But that’s changing for refugees in Hamilton. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A motorcyclist is in a critical condition after colliding with a car just north of Te Aroha this afternoon.

Officials are urging residents around the Firth of Thames to take photos of King Tides to help them chart the impact of possible sea level rises. Made with funding from NZ On Air.