Thirteen people were treated for injuries after a crash between a car and a van on the Waikato Expressway, just 1km south of the Meremere Dragway this afternoon.

There are cultural symbols aplenty in the kiwiana capital of New Zealand, writes Elisabeth Easther.

Even with three kids in tow, Rob Cox manages to have a ball in Rotorua and Ruapehu.

A woman who was drink-driving with an unrestrained young child standing in the car has been slammed by police for her "appalling and distressing" actions.

A 14-year-old boy who died when a car crashed into a power pole on Te Atatu Peninsula this morning, injuring two 16-year-olds, has been named.

One person is dead after a vehicle rolled in Waikato this morning.

A surgeon at Waikato Hospital was surprised to find a patient he was treating in the emergency department was the man he trained under nearly 20 years ago.

Two owners of a Waikato hotel were assaulted and tied up by robbers who threatened them and stole cash from their business.

Need a cure for summertime blues? This patch of coast has the remedy year-round, writes Elisabeth Easther.

A truckie tried to leap from his vehicle moments before it was hit by a train in Waikato, an inquest has been told.

A Waitomo caving experience will leave your mind blown, writes Alex Robertson.

Children may have been put at risk when they were transported in a car with a sawn-off shotgun concealed under a mat, police say.

Detour through a town you always pass but never stop to visit, writes Elisabeth Easther.

A shelter of the steppes finds a place under the nikau, writes Monique Balvert-O'Connor.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has taken aim at dirty politics today, shortly after he physically shoved a heckler off a stage in Hamilton.

Elisabeth Easther followed her heart to Maungatautari in the hope that Sirocco, her kakapo friend, would recall their fleeting fling.

A tiny rural Waikato town wants to establish itself as the "North Island's premier food technology hub".

National's Hamilton West MP Tim Macindoe has been referred to police along with Free FM in Hamilton for allegedly airing an election advertisement outside the proper period.

When Dame Susan Devoy was appointed Race Relations Commissioner last year, the intelligentsia sniffed at the choice of a squash champion.

A 21-year-old Hamilton woman has serious injuries after her car left the road and crashed down a slope about 100m long in Waitomo this afternoon.