When Wheelchair Football becomes a Paralympic Sport, these Cambridge sportsmen will be Paralympians. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Long-serving Waikato regional councillor Lois Livingston has died after a battle with cancer.

Police are focusing on two vehicles involved in a ram raid on a BP service station in Raglan this morning.

New Zealand is in for a relatively dry day today with areas of morning cloud and isolated showers in the north, clearing around midday and becoming mostly sunny.

The family of an 11-year-old who was critically injured in a horror crash in Ngaruawahia had to turn off his life-support.

Music teacher Jamie Strange has launched his campaign to win Hamilton East from sitting National MP David Bennett at next year's general election. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Music teacher Jamie Strange has launched his campaign to win Hamilton East from sitting National MP David Bennett at next year's general election. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Two people are trapped after the car they were in collided with a tree on Durham St in Ngaruawahia.

Missing Waikato man Josh Goudswaard has been found alive - "playing the bongos" on a Bali beach.

A motorcyclist is in a critical condition after colliding with a car just north of Te Aroha this afternoon.

Officials are urging residents around the Firth of Thames to take photos of King Tides to help them chart the impact of possible sea level rises. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Officials are urging residents around the Firth of Thames to take photos of King Tides to help them chart the impact of possible sea level rises. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Friends and family are using social media to plead for sightings of a New Zealand man missing in Bali.

A major medical marijuana trial is underway in New Zealand - testing the effects of a new cannabis gel on epilepsy patients.

A stocky man in a Spider-Man mask was one of two gunmen who robbed a Waikato bar last night.

Pregnant sister No 1 was pulled over by police and found to be over the limit, only for pregnant sister No 2 to arrive - who was over the limit as well.

The chance to get your hands Tirau's giant animal couple has now gone - with the corrugated sheep and ram sold to a buyer this week.

Rare November snow is forecast for the South Island with road snowfall warnings issued for some alpine passes.

District health boards report bad stuff that happens to patients

Emergency services confirm an elderly man who fell into a causeway has died.

An elderly woman who lost control of her car ploughed through a driveway fence and into the corner of a neighbouring home.

A 35-year-old Hamilton man has appeared in court facing rape charges.

Te Aroha Museum is celebrating 110 years of electricity in the region with an exhibition that will trigger powerful memories for older people. Among the items on display, vintage vacuum cleaners and heaters. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Te Aroha Museum is celebrating 110 years of electricity in the region with an exhibition that will trigger powerful memories for older people. Among the items on display, vintage vacuum cleaners and heaters. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A disgraced real estate agent has been convicted for depositing client money into her own account then withdrawing thousands for personal use.

A police search in Te Awamutu took a cute turn.

Police are looking for a teenager who failed to return home to Te Awamutu after spending the afternoon in Hamilton.

A man is in a critical condition in intensive care after being hit by a motorcycle in Hamilton.

Two 20-year-old men have been charged with street racing causing death following a horror accident that killed four people in Hamilton in June.

An earthmoving company has been ordered to pay more than $140,000 after an employee was killed by an exploding bitumen tank last year.