Latest from Waikato

Police don riot gear for riotous party

Six people have been arrested after a riotous party spilled into the street in Waikato.

Fire crews called to Mangatangi blaze

Three houses are no longer under threat from a spreading gorse fire in Mangatangi, Waikato.

Fire victims forced to move to Hamilton

A Morrinsville family remain homeless after fire ripped through their home just after Christmas. The McRaes are now having to look

Langdon open about plans to flee Kawhia

Alan Langdon was open about his quest to flee Kawhia so that he couldn't be found - but he didn't mention 6-year-old daughter, Que, in his plans.

Yachtie made previous threats to flee

The mother of missing Que Langdon believes her former partner is fully capable of deliberately disappearing with their little girl.

Pregnant women in the dark about vaccine

A jab for a pregnant woman can protect her baby

Search for missing pair completed

The search for missing yachtie Alan Langdon and his daughter, Que, has been completed by police.

Manslaughter charge after body found in river

A 48-year-old man has been arrested in relation to the death of Hamilton man Tama Retimana.

Thieves steal meat and twins' placentas

A Waikato couple are "gutted" over the loss of their twins' placentas, stolen from their meat freezer.

Mum among first on scene of horror crash

A Waikato man says he can still hear a mother's "blood-curdling screams" as she arrived to the scene of a horrific crash which left her children fighting for their lives.

Elderly couple robbed by armed man

Police are looking for an armed man who robbed a Ngaruawahia dairy today.

2016 road toll worst in six years

Both the holiday road toll and last year's entire toll are the worst they've been in years.

Thursday the pick in changeable week

Bay of Islands the place to be for summer sun today

NZ's first babies of 2017

As most Kiwis were partying to see the new year in, others were being born.

Children critical after New Year's crash

Two young boys and a teenager are in a critical condition after a collision between a car and a campervan on Morrinsville-Tahuna Rd in Waikato.

Party time as 2017 starts with a bang

A spectacular fireworks display off Auckland's Sky Tower and parties around the country herald the start of a new year.

Search continues after Hamilton death

Police are continuing their search along the river bank of the Waikato River with a focus on the camp site confirmed as belonging

Missing yachtie off to Oz?

Missing yachtie likely to be sailing his tiny catamaran to Australia, where he has disappeared with his 6-year-old daughter Que previously, according to an expert.