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Northern Districts cricketer Scott Kuggeleijn has been found not guilty of rape.

The jury has retired in the Hamilton District Court rape trial of Northern Districts cricketer Scott Kuggeleijn.

An ancient fossil of a giant penguin - discovered near Kawhia in 2006 and estimated to be 28 million years old - has become an official

Judge blasts company's measures to prevent chemicals running into stream as 'completely inadequate'.

How many languages can you speak? Hamilton resident Christian Damba knows eight languages and is now adding Te Reo as his ninth. - Made with funding from NZ on Air

How many languages can you speak? Hamilton resident Christian Damba knows eight languages and is now adding Te Reo as his ninth. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Waikato Tainui and Ngati Kahungunu are entering a joint venture, with Tainui's fishing quota fished from Hawke's Bay.

Three men saved by a passing vessel when a bar crossing goes horribly wrong.

Northern District's cricketer Scott Kuggeleijn told his rape trial today he felt the sex with the alleged victim was consensual.

The mother of a boy injured in a hit-and-run is asking for changes to his school bus route before a child gets killed.

Otorohanga residents come together to get through the tough economic times. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Double-murderer Jason Reihana was treated at Waikato Hospital earlier this month next to patients unaware they were sharing a ward with him.

Police have begun a high-steaks competition, asking social media users to caption a photo of cows munching on a slightly different type of grass.

Police weren't able to confirm the age of the child.

Club mates of former All Black Sione Lauaki have paid their respects to the "gentle giant", ahead of his funeral today.

Before Graham Kennett ploughed into an overpass, sprawling a digger across the Southern motorway causing widespread gridlock he checked the load with his eye.

While the CAA asserts pilot error caused the crash that killed 2degrees boss Eric Hertz and his wife Kathy in 2013, his test pilot brother blames an engineering error.

Tropical downpours are drenching the north of the North Island as thunderstorms loom over Northland, Auckland and Waikato.

Firefighters have put out a large blaze at a Waikato sandblasting premises this evening.

King Country residents are worried a proposed deal between the local power trust and Trustpower could drain community funds. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

King Country residents are worried a proposed deal between the local power trust and Trustpower could drain community funds. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Police have arrested and charged a man with indecent assault and burglary after an incident at a Hamilton house on Saturday night.

Police investigating last Tuesday's aggravated robbery of a Waikato dairy have released CCTV footage in an effort to find the culprits. Three

Allen Inoke was oblivious to his secret little passenger when he dropped off a loan car in Hamilton yesterday.

His missing five-year-old daughter will be "scared to bits", Allen Inoke said.

Hamilton City Council opened up its previously closed council workshops for the first time - except it forgot to tell anyone about it.

New Zealand is now experiencing the worst of the fire season, a top officer says, with a dangerous combination of high temperatures and low relative humidity creating tinder-dry conditions across eastern hot-spots.

Former Whanganui mayor and broadcaster Michael Laws has come out on Facebook expressing his sympathy for the woman charged over a racially-motivated attack in Huntly.

A truck dropped a steel beam on State Highway 1 through Hamilton this morning, causing delays for motorists.