The body of corporate boxer Neville Knight, who died in the ring at a charity boxing match, has been taken home while colleagues still come to terms with his death.

Emergency services are at the scene in Tokoroa where a car has hit a wall. A Fire Service shift manager said one car went into a

More than a pit-stop on the way from Auckland to Hamilton, this village is worth a visit in its own right, says Elisabeth Easther.

The Hobbiton movie set will be partying from dawn to dusk today as happy hobbits celebrate International Hobbit Day.

Te Aroha locals are losing their local Westpac and ANZ branches which could force them to drive 20 minutes just to bank a cheque.

The retired violin teacher of a Kiwi orchestral musician who survived Monday's triple fatality said she was the best pupil he ever taught.

A victim of the horrific crash at Huntly and his Kiwi partner who survived the crash were "an example to most parents", their neighbour says.

A bronze sculpture of a baby southern rhinoceros was unveiled at Hamilton Zoo today - exactly one year after curator Samantha Kudeweh

The Kiwi woman who survived the horrific Huntly crash which killed her partner and sons loved returning home from Australia, neighbour says..

A Hamilton mayoral candidate has apologised for a mistake-ridden profile written in Te Reo Maori that was put together using Google Translate.

A woman has been killed after being hit by a truck in South Waikato early this morning.

The Waikato District Health Board has been found to have breached the rights of an ovarian cancer patient who was given the wrong

Officers investigating burglaries and thefts in the Waikato - including a burglary at the Te Awamutu Police station - have recovered a stash of police-issue equipment.

In a New Zealand first, the DHB has set up the Blood Management Service which sees a patient's blood analysed and potentially boosted if needed.

Husband of zoo curator Samantha Kudeweh who died in tiger attack last year says Hamilton City Council's $38,000 fine 'is a joke'.

A former primary school principal has been found guilty of serious misconduct.

People are stealing hand sanitiser from Waikato Hospital to get an alcohol fix with numerous reports of Sterigel theft in the last three years.

SH1 north of Huntly has reopened after a motorcycle crash which left a man with life-threatening injuries.

A blunt instrument is believed to have been used to kill Hamilton man Brent Paul Brown in his Dinsdale home last week.

Half of Kiwi dads say they are missing out on family activities that they would like to take part in because they are chained to their work.

Two people are injured and a car is on its side following a crash near Huntly on the Waikato expressway.

A Waikato couple say they are willing to sell their beloved 103-year-old church to the right buyer for a discounted rate.

53-year-old Adele Townsend has been located in Levin this evening.

The small Waikato town of Cambridge welcomed home its champion Olympians today.

A 43-year-old woman appeared in the Hamilton District Court today on drug-related charges including manufacturing methamphetamine, and the cultivation of cannabis.

A man has been stabbed in the leg with a boning knife after an argument in Hamilton.

Sometimes you just throw a bag in the boot, reverse down the driveway. Nothin' more than a couple of hundred clicks of open road ahead. Ewan McDonald did.

A Waikato regional councillor found guilty of breaching the council's code of conduct twice in two weeks apologised in a tongue-and-cheek

Nanaia Mahuta's husband is the latest family member to put his hat in the ring for the upcoming elections.

Emergency services were called to the scene about 2.30pm, a Fire Service spokeswoman said.