The small Waikato town of Cambridge welcomed home its champion Olympians today.

A 43-year-old woman appeared in the Hamilton District Court today on drug-related charges including manufacturing methamphetamine, and the cultivation of cannabis.

A man has been stabbed in the leg with a boning knife after an argument in Hamilton.

Sometimes you just throw a bag in the boot, reverse down the driveway. Nothin' more than a couple of hundred clicks of open road ahead. Ewan McDonald did.

A Waikato regional councillor found guilty of breaching the council's code of conduct twice in two weeks apologised in a tongue-and-cheek

Nanaia Mahuta's husband is the latest family member to put his hat in the ring for the upcoming elections.

Emergency services were called to the scene about 2.30pm, a Fire Service spokeswoman said.

A man has been airlifted to hospital after a serious assault in the Coromandel last night.

A car has been clocked travelling at 163 km/h in thick fog on a Waikato highway this morning.

St John was required to send five ambulances to the scene.

A Tauranga man has been flown by rescue helicopter to Waikato Hospital, after his condition deteriorated rapidly following a motorcycle crash.

A Waikato crash has claimed a life this morning.

All Blacks debutant Anton Lienert-Brown says it was unreal to pull on the black jumper for the first time. The 21-year-old played

A hunter who suffered a heart attack was winched to safety from hill country near Raglan last night.

A 21-year-old man suffered a broken jaw and cut to his head this evening when he fell 9m from a tree while trying to recover a rugby ball.

Police divers will search lakes in the area where a Waikato woman was reported missing.

Almost two weeks on from a horror crash actor James Rolleston remains in a stable condition in Waikato Hospital's intensive care unit.

A two-car crash has blocked State Highway 1 south of Cambridge.

The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to the Hakarimata Summit Track around 1 pm after the teenager tripped and fell while going down the steps.

Tainui Group Holdings last week announced it was seeking expressions of interest from a range of world class port operators for Ruakura

Two children who sparked a major police search after they stole away from a Tuakau home in the dead of night are now believed safe with family.

A car containing five people slid off a wet Waikato road and crashed into a rural fence and power pole.

A motorist on the way to a funeral has been caught doing nearly 160 km/h on a Waikato highway.

There's intrigue in the bushes at Zealong estate, and the owners will not give up their secrets easily, learns Tim Roxborogh.

Unwatched pot bursts into flames but family safe after smoke alarm warning.

Firefighters are battling a "well-involved" house fire near Ngaruawahia.

He walked the streets and slept where he could shelter. Public spaces were his home and lots of people looked at him - but few actually saw him.

Two people have been injured, one critically, in a two-car crash in the Waikato tonight.

Man injured in early-morning crash.

Nick Marshall's shocked partner has come out swinging against police after officers shot him dead during an armed raid.