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

The pigs died in a blaze at a piggery north of Ngaruawahia.

A Waikato bus driver has been caught with a breath alcohol level nearly double the legal limit while taking a bus-load of students to school.

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.

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.

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A girl who broke her jaw and needed more than 100 stitches after a horse kicked her in the face didn't even cry when she came to after the accident.

Traffic came to a halt on State Highway 1 this morning as Waikato police pursued a fleeing driver.

Waikato police have released the name of a motorcyclist killed on State Highway 1 south of Hamilton on Monday.

Next time you pass through Karangahake, trek the Hauraki Rail Trail or visit a farm.

The man, in his early 50s, was airlifted to Waikato Hospital on Saturday in a critical condition, and is now in a serious condition in the hospital’s High Dependency Unit.

A Waikato rural policing review has had to consider how to deal with the influx of Aucklanders moving to the region.

A man is now in a stable condition in hospital after he was gored by a bull in Waikato yesterday.

Elisabeth Easther finds this town has much to boast besides its famed giant L&P bottle.

Skiers and other holiday makers planning to use a popular Waikato backroad between Auckland and the Central Plateau's mountains are being warned to expect delays.

Waikato police are urging motorists to slow down after attending 10 crashes overnight.

A woman lost on a Waikato mountain was rescued after contacting her family by Facebook on her phone.

Two investigations are being carried out as to how an email revealing alleged family violence was accidentally sent to students.

A nurse who used a district health board's fuel card to buy $1860 of petrol for her own car has been fined by a tribunal.

Heavily-subsidised transport will next year see South Waikato students bussed up to study each day at the University of Waikato.

A teenager has been flown for specialist treatment after being injured in a crash in the Bay of Plenty yesterday.