Essential to every traveller, the convenience is now an artform in some enterprising towns.

The increasing number of extremely obese patients has forced Waikato Hospital to open special rooms.

An unemployed man has been charged with stealing a 300-year-old ship's bell used to call parishioners to worship.

Libby Nicholson-Moon finds 10 of the best cafes for Sunday brunch.

A tornado, floods and king tides wreaked havoc across the country yesterday.

Fire safety officers are investigating a suspicious fire at a Waikato church overnight.

Hamilton police are talking to several people after a man armed with a boning knife threatened to kill himself and a woman early today.

Agricultural sector seen moving from survival mentality to productive mode.

Commentators back Rankin's call for Govt to stop calling Tuheitia Maori King.

The impacts of the global financial crisis hit are ingrained in our communities.