12 Waikato high school students have made the 40 Hour Famine even harder for themselves by camping out at McDonald's while they fast for the good cause.

The road between Raglan and Hamilton is blocked tonight after a fatal road crash.

The Waikato policeman who escorted a heavily pregnant woman and her husband to Hamilton has been congratulated by his boss for doing the right thing.

Routine police stop turns into special delivery as cop races to get woman in labour to hospital.

Man caught mistreating bobby calves, after animal welfare groups released video, pleads guilty to charges.

Waikato District Mayor Allan Sanson is disappointed the reporter referred to the town as "rotting" and has offered to show her around.

Waikato police are refusing to comment on why they cordoned off a rural school the morning after a quiz night.

A 19-year-old whose car went head-on into a power pole in Waikato early this morning, is now in a stable condition.

South Waikato police and fire safety officers are investigating the cause of a blaze at a vacant Tokoroa house early today.

A Hamilton woman has been left distraught after a freak accident at a Cambridge motocross event saw her husband killed.

The Hamilton City Council has postponed its first court appearance in relation to its prosecution after of one of its zoo keepers was mauled by a tiger.

Fleeing gang members hurled onions and a glass chopping board at police during a high-speed pursuit through the Waikato.

The man had walked outside his house to where trees were being trimmed and was hit on the head by a branching falling 10 metres above.

She's too young to realise it yet, but 7-year-old Elyse Brown is helping her dad, Heath, keep it together.

Ewan McDonald is shocked to find TripAdvisor on the money regarding comfortable beds.

Waikato DHB has come up with a national first by launching a smartphone app that lets people have consultations, text their GP and schedule appointments.

Police are investigating the incident, in which the Te Aroha Primary School pupil was walking over a walk bridge near the Waikato town's wetlands.

A van crashed into wandering stock this morning on a Waikato road.

A Waikato woman was caught driving nearly four times over the limit while "rushing to get home before she turned into a pumpkin".

Pirongia is Maori for "like a bad smell" although Pirongia is pretty and not at all smelly.

Police are appealing for the driver of a white utility vehicle to come forward after a man was killed when a car and truck collided in rural Waikato today.

An outbreak of the measles virus has hit the Waikato with eight confirmed cases and a further three possible cases reported.

A 3-year-old boy has been discharged from Waikato Hospital after he was found floating face-down in a pool.

A 20-year-old man remains in hospital today after being hit in the mouth by an exploding air freshener.

A law firm must reimburse a deceased Waikato farmer's estate more than $1 million to make good on financial losses.

Waikato police are praising the actions of motorists who dobbed in a truck driver seen swerving all over a state highway.

A woman has died and another has serious injuries after a car rolled in Waikato about 1am today.

Emergency services were called to the scene at the intersection of Margaret St and Tirau St in Putaruru at 8pm.

Peter Bradbury's survival - he crawled 75m to his house before waiting up to eight days for help - is nothing short of miraculous.

Waihi police investigating the break-in at the town's Mobil service station, the fourth business to be targeted in Eastern Waikato over the past two days.