Police have confirmed that one person has died and three others have been taken to hospital after a boat overturned on the Waikato River.

One person has been seriously injured after a truck rolled in the Waikato this afternoon. Emergency services were called to the scene at the junction of Waverly Rd and Seddon Rd about 2pm.

A driver has died after crashing a vehicle into a tree, just south of Hamilton, police say.

There were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the man's disappearance and the matter had been referred to the coroner.

Waikato Police are appealing to the public for help locating a 42-year-old man named Jonathan Kinvig, last seen at a holiday park on May 14.

Police were analysing reported offences to look for both investigative and prevention opportunities and encouraged rural communities to keep their property secure.

An 11-month-old girl is fighting for her life after being run over by a small truck in a Paeroa driveway this afternoon.

Four Auckland men who allegedly travelled to Hamilton and carried out a ram-raid of a city motorbike store were caught by police before making it back over the Bombays.

A body has been found on the Waikato Expressway at Mercer early this morning.

The death of a rural paper delivery driver who was not wearing a seatbelt should be a warning to other delivery drivers, Waikato Police said.

A 26-year-old man arrested for assaulting a woman at a Hamilton massage parlour was caught with a large sum of cash allegedly stolen from his employer.

A bystander was bashed in the head with a pillowcase stuffed with a rock or brick after catching a burglar in the act in Paeroa last night.

A New Zealand Herald delivery driver could have survived an early morning crash today if he had been wearing his seatbelt, police say.

A Waikato farm development company - Dairy Solutionz - will open a 117ha, 300-cow demonstration dairy in the Narino region of south Colombia tomorrow.

Michelle Coursey finds the ideal way to get away from it all in the peaceful haven that is Kawhia.

A driver is is dead and at least two other people are injured after a three-car crash in Eastern Waikato today.

Waikato police are appealing for motorists to slow down after eight crashes in the district since 8am today.

Elisabeth Easther goes to the birds.

Two men who escaped from from a Hamilton mental health care facility have surrendered to authorities, police say.

The father of a man who was found dead in the Waikato River has lashed out at a mental health facility following the escape of two more men.

The public are being warned to stay away from two men with a history of violence who have escaped from a Waikato mental health facility.

The family of a toddler who almost drowned after falling into an effluent trap have thanked the public for all their "love and support".

A man who died after crashing his car into a tree in the Waikato on Thursday morning has been named by police.

A 16-year-old youth was seriously injured after the car he was in rolled in a Waikato paddock.

Two people have been arrested after allegedly stealing motorbikes worth tens of thousands of dollars from a Waikato business.

A man who died after crashing his car into a tree in the Waikato was not wearing a seatbelt, police say.