A contractor who used his digger to lift a bus off its trapped driver, and an off-duty nurse may have saved the man's life yesterday.

The death of a man found on top of a fire heap near Hamilton today is not being treated as suspicious.

A 20-year-old man remains in a serious condition in Waikato Hospital's intensive care unit after a crash in the Waikato last night.

Residents of the Claudelands area of Hamilton East are being urged to contact Waikato Hospital if they find any medical referral letters in their rubbish.

Hamilton Zoo have had an early Christmas present this year - four meerkats from Auckland Zoo.

A selection of Christmas church services in the main centres.

Temperatures were in the late twenties across the top half of the north today, with the humidity making it feel more like the thirties in Auckland.

Rainfall over the past few days has made a Waikato farmer's "wishes come true", but he warns its effect will not be immediate.

Family members of the cyclists killed by a driver in Morrinsville just over a month ago share their stories of that fateful day.

Universal or voluntary membership? That was the question put to tertiary students in 1999 after the National Government passed a law insisting they choose how they should belong to their student association.

aikato head coach Chris Gibbes and assistant coach Scott McLeod have re-signed with the union for a further two years.

Add a touch of vintage Kiwiana to the kitchen these holidays with an iconic tea towel from Pauanesia.