The Registrar of Companies is making the rare bid of extending the statutory company director ban of a convicted Waikato fraudster to 10 years due to the seriousness of his offending.

A man charged with the arson of a rural Waikato school has appeared in court.

She was driving a bus-load of students to school when police pulled her over.

One person has died in after a car rolled into a drain in the Waikato last night.

One person was killed and six others were injured in a crash in Waikato tonight.

Crash investigators mapping out the scene of a fatal collision overnight had a close call today as a distracted speeding driver stopped just short of the cordon.

Waikato SPCA is subject to a pending investigation by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) in relation to "suspected offending under the Animal Welfare Act".

Emergency services are currently at Gordonton Road, also known as State Highway 1B, in the Waikato, where a person has died at the scene following the collision.

A faulty dryer caused a fire in a rural Waikato home last night but it's appliance accomplice - the handy washing machine - helped douse the flames.

Firefighters evacuated 60 children from a North Island school and early childhood centre this morning, after localised downpours hit the region.

Police have identified a body found in the Waikato River this morning but will not release the name of the 38-year-old man until their family are all informed.

A 488ha South Waikato rural property sold at auction last week for $5.25 million, says PGG Wrightson Real Estate.

A day after the Government pushed new health and safety legislation through Parliament a sharemilker died in a quad bike accident on a Waikato property.

A young man who died in a crash in the Waikato last night was not wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash.

A person is dead after a quad bike accident on a farm in Waikato this morning.

Incident appears to have taken place in a car, parked under a bridge on the side of the road near the Maramarua Golf Club.

The owners of Waikato's controversial Waingaro Hot Pools could face the boot and a hefty repair bill if the Waikato District Council wins civil proceedings.

The stretch of road along State Highway 4, near Kopaki, has been closed after logging truck ran off the road, and lost its load.

A Waiuku man is facing multiple charges after being caught speeding just under 200km/h on the Waikato Expressway.

A man has been arrested after allegedly stealing a boat and leading police on a chase from rural Waikato over the Kaimai Ranges into Tauranga this morning.

An elderly man who went missing in Waikato last night has been found safe and well.

Two people were seriously injured after a crash in Waikato early this morning.

A search and rescue operation was launched yesterday after a boat was spotted doing circles on the Waikato River with no one on board but a dog.

A large slip has closed the road through the Awakino Gorge in the Waikato this morning.

The incident happened on State Highway 5 near Waiohotu Road and police said the road in the vicinity of the crash is now closed.

A Waikato man has lost his car and had his licence suspended after he was clocked travelling at 162km/h in Hamilton this morning.

Aucklanders are leaving in such numbers that half the house sales in the Waikato outside Hamilton and nearly a quarter in Tauranga are to those from the big city.

Emergency services have been called to the scene of the crash on State Highway 27 near Matamata.

Four people from Waikato suffered from smoke inhalation after they moved an outdoor fire brazier indoors early this morning.

Three Waikato Hospital nurses have been suspended for defying a controversial new policy forcing non-vaccinated workers to either get flu jabs or wear face masks.