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.

A teenage German tourist has today admitted careless driving after a crash on the West Coast caused by his driving on the wrong side of the road.

A man suffered from serious internal injuries after he was involved in a motorcycle accident last night.

Danielle Wright introduces her children to golfing holidays in Taupo.

Images from the Balloons Over Waikato event, which runs until this Sunday.

The family of a man whose body was found in the Waikato River have made a precedent-setting plea for legal funding to investigate his death.

A teenage driver on a learner's licence lost control and careered into a group of students waiting for a school bus in Waikato this morning.

A young man who apparently drank too much at a party fell up to 15m down a Waikato River bank after going outside to be sick.

Danielle Wright enjoys the magic of Balloons Over Waikato in Hamilton.

A German tourist driver involved in a head-on collision on the yesterday has been charged with careless driving causing injury.

A man's body was discovered face down in shallow water alongside the Waikato River this morning.

A tourist allegedly driving on the wrong side of the road hit another car head-on on the State Highway 6 Coast Road between Greymouth and Westport this morning.

The family of a man whose body was found in the Waikato River last week claim he was the victim of "medical and bureaucratic malpractice".

Two tourists are critically injured after their vehicle and a logging truck collided on a busy rural Waikato highway today.

Steeped in natural wonders, the south Waikato town pours Elisabeth Easther the best water she's ever sipped.

A Cambridge woman has admitted stealing at least $300,000 from her employer, the New Zealand Jersey Cattle Breeders Association.

The man who died after being found lying in a Hamilton road last week was Sean Anthony O'Connor.