City dweller Janna Hamilton gets out of her comfort zone, spending a weekend getting wild in Poronui - albeit with a large dose of luxury.

Southland tackled themselves to a standstill against Waikato in their ITM Cup rugby match in Hamilton last night.

All Blacks midfielder Richard Kahui has been ruled out of rugby for the rest of the season following shoulder surgery.

The inmate who killed a Waikato prison guard is due in court this morning for a disputed facts hearing.

It was little more than a year ago when the All Blacks' first five-eighths pecking order seemed set.

A man faces four charges after a series of firearm incidents in the King Country over the past three days.

A man has been arrested over a series of firearm incidents in the King Country over the past three days.

The Crafar farming family has lost its appeal against convictions and sentences for dirty dairying practices on a Waikato dairy farm.

Three patrons wrestled a rifle from a man as he attempted to rob a bar after they realised he had fired his only shot into the ceiling.

Waikato band The Good Fun have won the National Final of the Smokefreerockquest.

Waikato residents renewed their calls for a commuter rail service between Hamilton and Auckland with staged sit ins at train stations on Saturday.

When neighbours complained of the noise and smell emanating from the local SPCA, the council was bound to investigate.

Police are worried about the health of a Ngaruawahia man who's been missing since Wednesday.

Environment Waikato is worried about the danger of rapidly rising streams and rivers in the next few days.

Take me to the river.

James Russell heads south to the Waikato and a property which offers a range of activities to get the blood pumping.

Three Gisborne teenagers died after a two-vehicle smash on one of the country's worst accident blackspots last night.