A youth was shot directly outside her gate, but Housing New Zealand would not find her and her three young children a new home.

Health services staff from Waikeria Prison have supported a prisoner to significantly improved his health by losing 68kg in six months. Jack

Otorohanga mother and son Clare and Ross Bremner will be farewelled together on Tuesday.

Appointments are being postponed and rescheduled ahead of a nationwide junior doctors strike starting next week.

Andrew King's majority has dropped again, down to just nine votes after special votes were counted. He speaks to Local Focus about his win. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Andrew King's majority has dropped again, down to just nine votes after special votes were counted. He speaks to Local Focus about his win. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Massey University released its quarterly Home Affordability Report index today.

A terminally ill Hamilton mother has thanked NewsTalkZB listeners for donating to help grant her dying wish. Heather Smith has just weeks to live and thanks to the kindness of strangers she's been able to see her daughter. Made with funding from NZ on Air

A terminally ill Hamilton mother has thanked NewsTalkZB listeners for donating to help grant her dying wish. Heather Smith has just weeks to live, and thanks to the kindness of strangers she’s been able to see her daughter and take part in a very special photo shoot. Made with funding for NZ on Air.

A complete absence of strategic voting has given Hamilton it's most interesting mayoral election in decades. And the final two hopefuls represent very different futures for the city. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Neighbour says Clare Bremner had "big concerns" about her son Ross two weeks before she was killed.

Not just a winter destination; there's plenty to do in Taupo all year round. Here's our pick of some the best.

Source: YouTube: 100% Pure New Zealand. Master carver Matahi Whakataka-Brightwell shares the story behind New Zealand's remarkable Mine Bay Māori Rock Carvings.

A boiler has exploded at a sawmill south of Auckland, seriously injuring one person.

Tess Nichol is pleasantly surprised to find generous cheesemakers and inspiring gardens in Hamilton.

Quick thinking police officers from Hamilton are being praised for saving the life of a man who crashed his car after suffering a medical event.

A "textbook" first-aid response by police officers saved a motorist's life yesterday.

A human skull has washed up on Raglan beach this morning.

Changes undermine value of national bowel screening programme, expert says.

A Waikato driver may have to take a week out of the dating game, after he was stung with a fine for Tindering behind the wheel.

The devastated daughter of an elderly couple found dead at their bach on the Kawhia harbour says she bears no animosity towards their suspected killer or his family.

Stephanie Holmes lives a life of luxury in the Coromandel ... if only for a weekend.

More preliminary elections results are trickling in from the regions this morning - Kaipara District has a new mayor and the Chatham Islands have re-elected its current mayor.

Police said the motorcyclist appears to have hit the side of a bridge.

Large eel tried to give authorities the slip on Waikato Expressway.

Several crashes around the country today, three dead, at least five injured.

Two people have died and a third been injured in a serious crash on State Highway 1 in South Waikato.

A neighbour of the Bremner family has called on Ross Bremner to come forward in the wake of attacks that left his mother dead and father in a critical condition.

For the first time in 32 years the Waikato Home and Garden Show is in new hands. Made with funding from NZ on Air

For the first time in 32 years the Waikato Home and Garden Show is in new hands. Made with finding from NZ on Air