Elisabeth Easther visited her turangawaewae and learned that lemurs are lovely and Cambridge's river trails are superb.

If you're in a aquatic frame of mind, check out these great on-water excursions.

Two people have died in a two vehicle crash in Waikato.

A passer-by is being hailed a hero after he jumped over a fence and repeatedly whacked a dog with a broom stick to stop it from attacking its owner.

Thirteen people were treated for injuries after a crash between a car and a van on the Waikato Expressway, just 1km south of the Meremere Dragway this afternoon.

A woman who was drink-driving with an unrestrained young child standing in the car has been slammed by police for her "appalling and distressing" actions.

A 14-year-old boy who died when a car crashed into a power pole on Te Atatu Peninsula this morning, injuring two 16-year-olds, has been named.

One person is dead after a vehicle rolled in Waikato this morning.

Police have stopped and ticketed several drivers speeding past schools this week - including a high school teacher and a father with his pre-school aged daughter in the back.

Which town looks set to keep its crown as New Zealand's sunshine capital? A new climate report shows one place well out in front.

A surgeon at Waikato Hospital was surprised to find a patient he was treating in the emergency department was the man he trained under nearly 20 years ago.

Two owners of a Waikato hotel were assaulted and tied up by robbers who threatened them and stole cash from their business.

A Waitomo caving experience will leave your mind blown, writes Alex Robertson.

Children may have been put at risk when they were transported in a car with a sawn-off shotgun concealed under a mat, police say.

Detour through a town you always pass but never stop to visit, writes Elisabeth Easther.

A shelter of the steppes finds a place under the nikau, writes Monique Balvert-O'Connor.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has taken aim at dirty politics today, shortly after he physically shoved a heckler off a stage in Hamilton.

Elisabeth Easther followed her heart to Maungatautari in the hope that Sirocco, her kakapo friend, would recall their fleeting fling.

A tiny rural Waikato town wants to establish itself as the "North Island's premier food technology hub".