Hamilton police are searching for a body after a man was seen jumping into the Waikato River this morning.

A man has died in hospital following a domestic dispute at a Waikato home yesterday afternoon.

Campbell Burnes sat down with College Sport chief executive Dave Currie, who has been in the job just a few months. This is part one of a two-part interview; read the second in next week's College Sport.

A 17-year-old girl was rescued from the Waikato River early this morning by a police officer who swam to save her before she went under.

A driver has been injured and diversions are in place on a state highway after a truck and trailer overturned this morning.

A pedestrian has died near Tauranga, one man was found dead in his car near Palmerston North and four people were injured in a head-on collision in south Waikato.

Community spirit, cool cafes and amazing walks add to the gold mining town's charm, finds Elisabeth Easther.

A man who attempted to swim across the Waikato River last night is presumed drowned, according to police.

A young man is feared drowned after he and a friend tried to cross the Waikato River in Hamilton last night.

Legend has it that a ghost walks the halls of the Rangiriri Tavern, known affectionately to locals and travellers alike as "the Rango".

A motorcyclist and a milk tanker collided on State Highway 1 in the Waikato overnight.

Three people have walked away uninjured following a smash which left two cars on their sides in Waikato today.

A 65-year-old woman was left injured on the side of a road after a hit and run incident in Waikato yesterday.

We look at spots made famous by some classic Kiwi landmarks.

Craig Grylls made the most of his chances on Saturday before the start of a lengthy suspension when he produced a fine display aboard Nothing Trivial to win the Thames Cup.

Elisabeth Easther enjoys a tour of a Cambridge stud farm and takes a crash course on raising racehorses.

A woman who refused to let go of her handbag was dragged 20 metres by her attacker.

A young woman waiting to take her family home suffered facial injuries when she was hit with a beer bottle at a Waikato bar.

Dunedin-based Silver Fern Farms will be looking to raise around $100 million in new equity next year to repay debt, upgrade plant, and to accelerate its "value added" product strategy.

Mighty River Power and the Tuwharetoa Maori Trust Board have signed a deal over water in Lake Taupo, the terms of which the electricity generator says are confidential.

A serial fraudster who stole almost $6 million from a New Zealand family in an elaborate Facebook stock scam has been described by a judge as "evil incarnate".

She was the coach behind New Zealand's only transtasman league win. Now she is the coach behind Northern Mystics mentor Debbie Fuller.

An 8-year-old boy remains in a critical condition in Waikato Hospital after a four-vehicle crash yesterday.

Marine officers are aghast a 294-metre iron-sands export ship will be allowed to berth close to the rugged Waikato west coast tomorrow - without a licensed pilot.

Radiant summer weather made a brief call to the North Island at the weekend, attracting hardy bathers into the still-cool water at beaches and creating a run on icecream.

Andrew Alderson stays at a classic Kiwi cottage on the Coromandel Peninsula.