A person is dead after a quad bike accident on a farm in Waikato this morning.

Incident appears to have taken place in a car, parked under a bridge on the side of the road near the Maramarua Golf Club.

The owners of Waikato's controversial Waingaro Hot Pools could face the boot and a hefty repair bill if the Waikato District Council wins civil proceedings.

The stretch of road along State Highway 4, near Kopaki, has been closed after logging truck ran off the road, and lost its load.

The pigs died in a blaze at a piggery north of Ngaruawahia.

A Waikato bus driver has been caught with a breath alcohol level nearly double the legal limit while taking a bus-load of students to school.

A Waiuku man is facing multiple charges after being caught speeding just under 200km/h on the Waikato Expressway.

A man has been arrested after allegedly stealing a boat and leading police on a chase from rural Waikato over the Kaimai Ranges into Tauranga this morning.

An elderly man who went missing in Waikato last night has been found safe and well.

A large slip has closed the road through the Awakino Gorge in the Waikato this morning.

The incident happened on State Highway 5 near Waiohotu Road and police said the road in the vicinity of the crash is now closed.

A Waikato man has lost his car and had his licence suspended after he was clocked travelling at 162km/h in Hamilton this morning.

Aucklanders are leaving in such numbers that half the house sales in the Waikato outside Hamilton and nearly a quarter in Tauranga are to those from the big city.

Emergency services have been called to the scene of the crash on State Highway 27 near Matamata.

Four people from Waikato suffered from smoke inhalation after they moved an outdoor fire brazier indoors early this morning.

Three Waikato Hospital nurses have been suspended for defying a controversial new policy forcing non-vaccinated workers to either get flu jabs or wear face masks.

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A girl who broke her jaw and needed more than 100 stitches after a horse kicked her in the face didn't even cry when she came to after the accident.

Next time you pass through Karangahake, trek the Hauraki Rail Trail or visit a farm.

Police say the motorcyclist died after a crash in Rotokauri, Hamilton.

Two crashes - one fatal - have closed Waikato roads overnight. A 30-year-old motorcyclist died on Baverstock Rd in Rotokauri in a crash in the early hours of the morning.

The man, in his early 50s, was airlifted to Waikato Hospital on Saturday in a critical condition, and is now in a serious condition in the hospital’s High Dependency Unit.

A Waikato rural policing review has had to consider how to deal with the influx of Aucklanders moving to the region.

A man is now in a stable condition in hospital after he was gored by a bull in Waikato yesterday.

Elisabeth Easther finds this town has much to boast besides its famed giant L&P bottle.

Skiers and other holiday makers planning to use a popular Waikato backroad between Auckland and the Central Plateau's mountains are being warned to expect delays.

Waikato police are urging motorists to slow down after attending 10 crashes overnight.

A woman lost on a Waikato mountain was rescued after contacting her family by Facebook on her phone.

Two investigations are being carried out as to how an email revealing alleged family violence was accidentally sent to students.