Police are investigating after the body was discovered near Huntly.

Firefighters have been called to a fire at Spring Hill Prison in the Waikato.

The unit crashed on State Highway 29, 2km east of the intersection of Rapurapu and Tepoi roads, on the Matamata side of the hill.

Two men suffered serious injuries in separate motorbike crashes in Waikato yesterday.

Taupo is a great playground for thrillseekers, finds Shandelle Battersby.

A 50-year-old truck driver crushed and lacerated by metal beams while unloading his vehicle at a Hamilton factory remains in a serious but stable condition at Waikato Hospital this morning.

The Registrar of Companies is making the rare bid of extending the statutory company director ban of a convicted Waikato fraudster to 10 years due to the seriousness of his offending.

A man charged with the arson of a rural Waikato school has appeared in court.

She was driving a bus-load of students to school when police pulled her over.

Crash investigators mapping out the scene of a fatal collision overnight had a close call today as a distracted speeding driver stopped just short of the cordon.

Waikato SPCA is subject to a pending investigation by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) in relation to "suspected offending under the Animal Welfare Act".

Emergency services are currently at Gordonton Road, also known as State Highway 1B, in the Waikato, where a person has died at the scene following the collision.

A faulty dryer caused a fire in a rural Waikato home last night but it's appliance accomplice - the handy washing machine - helped douse the flames.

A fire at a rural Waikato school is being treated as suspicious, the second arson of a school in the region in a week.

Foul play was not to blame for the death of a man whose body was found in the Waikato River yesterday morning, police say.

Firefighters evacuated 60 children from a North Island school and early childhood centre this morning, after localised downpours hit the region.

Police have identified a body found in the Waikato River this morning but will not release the name of the 38-year-old man until their family are all informed.

A 488ha South Waikato rural property sold at auction last week for $5.25 million, says PGG Wrightson Real Estate.

A person is dead after a quad bike accident on a farm in Waikato this morning.

Incident appears to have taken place in a car, parked under a bridge on the side of the road near the Maramarua Golf Club.

The owners of Waikato's controversial Waingaro Hot Pools could face the boot and a hefty repair bill if the Waikato District Council wins civil proceedings.

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.