A car and a freight train have collided at Matamata in Waikato.

They gathered at remote town hall to watch the Chiefs' semifinal hopes being dashed. Hours later, mother-of-three Kim Richmond was gone.

DHB says its offered rates of up to $200 an hour for extra duties during strike are not to induce strike-breaking.

They know mummy is missing and that police are looking for her, but Kim Richmond's three children are being shielded from the possibility she might never come home.

Victim advocate Louise Nicholas says allegations Chiefs rugby players verbally abused two female parking wardens are "disappointing".

Parked car no problem for this Hamilton contracting crew who found a simple solution to their road block.

Getting closer than 50m to a killer whale could set you back a couple hundred thousand or land you behind bars.

Kiwi yachtie Alan Langdon says Australia was the "best target" after a broken rudder sent his catamaran off course.

WATCH: An extreme water daredevil has gone over the Huka Falls on a bodyboard, an act that has been described as "reckless and irresponsible".

On average locals in this district won $1526 per capita with Lotto tickets in 2016, more than $500 more than any other area.

But at least they managed to escape thanks to smoke alarms.

The medical condition was described as being something that "just happens sometimes".

A police officer is recovering at home after he was punched in the face by a man trying to flee police at about 1.30am on Sunday in

A child recovery expert is notifying coastal areas in Australia to be on the look out for missing yachtie Alan Langdon and daughter Que.

Six people have been arrested after a riotous party spilled into the street in Waikato.

Three houses are no longer under threat from a spreading gorse fire in Mangatangi, Waikato.

A Morrinsville family remain homeless after fire ripped through their home just after Christmas. The McRaes are now having to look

Alan Langdon was open about his quest to flee Kawhia so that he couldn't be found - but he didn't mention 6-year-old daughter, Que, in his plans.

The search for missing yachtie Alan Langdon and his daughter, Que, has been completed by police.

A 48-year-old man has been arrested in relation to the death of Hamilton man Tama Retimana.

A Waikato couple are "gutted" over the loss of their twins' placentas, stolen from their meat freezer.

WATCH: A beach-goer says he was amazed to watch a group of young fishers haul in and release a "bloody great" bronze whaler shark.

A Wanganui woman found the greenstone necklace found on the shore of Lake Taupo

A child recovery specialist arrives in New Zealand today to start sniffing around for clues as to the whereabouts of missing 6-year-old Que Langdon.

A Mexican restaurant in Hamilton's CBD has been damaged by fire early today.

Police renew focus on Pine Beach camp in hunt for evidence

An Australian child recovery specialist has delayed his trip to New Zealand by a day as transtasman authorities discuss who should

EXCLUSIVE: Family members recall how Leotisia Malakai - the third victim of a horrific bus crash near Gisborne - slipped into a coma and never woke up.

Emergency services are attending a three-car pile-up on SH1 in the Manawatu District this afternoon.

A Waikato man says he can still hear a mother's "blood-curdling screams" as she arrived to the scene of a horrific crash which left her children fighting for their lives.