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Poll: National candidate leads Hamilton West byelection race
Hamilton West will decide its new MP on Saturday.
Who's claiming $5.2m from Podular Housing Systems?
Councils and an airport company among those listed as creditors.
Waikato prison violence: Riot squad deployed in afternoon of vicious assaults at Spring Hill
A Corrections staffer was hospitalised in the day of violence.
Hamilton’s K’aute Pasifika fale and village wow PM and minister
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and minister Stuart Nash visited the K'aute Pasifika fale.
'Nice little wobble': Magnitude 5.4 quake near Tokoroa rattles North Island
The quake hit at 6.07pm, 20km southeast of Tokoroa, and was felt as far as Christchurch.
'We need something believable, babe' - prisoner fakes dad's death to get out
Adam Martin also helped another prisoner get compassionate bail - but he didn't return.
Police search for man missing off Waikato coast
Three men were fishing when one slipped on rocks, fell into water 25km from Raglan
Waikeria prison riot: Second accused pleads guilty
Parata Taite admitted multiple charges in relation to the blaze which stretched six days.
Truck with trailer goes up in flames on Waikato highway, lanes blocked
The incident has blocked the northbound and southbound lanes.
Investigation into vehicles involved in crashes, badly repaired and sold
Waka Kotahi is investigating vehicles reported to have been in accidents last year.
Fraudster accountant again convicted of fraud
Disgraced former accountant fails to in bid suppress his second fraud conviction.
Waikato school teacher arrested on historic sexual assault charges
The 73-year-old St Peter's School teacher is charged with 10 counts of indecent assault.
Motorists urged to 'drive with caution' after bad weather causes slips overnight
There are road closures in Waikato and Bay of Plenty.
Woman uses child to avoid arrest, then spits, kicks police
Zyla Butler had a warrant out for her arrest - but wasn't keen to leave with officers.
'He doesn't like masks,': Bash the pitbull cross to be put down after biting mask-wearing officers
Bash's aversion to people wearing masks in a global pandemic didn't help his cause.
Watch: Footage shows terrifying moment tree falls and crushes two cars in Hamilton
Fortunately no one was injured in the incident on River Rd.
Dr Te Aro Moxon is a chip off the ol' block
Dr Te Aro Moxon has been recognised for excellence operationalising Māori health equity.
Birthday boy turns 8: Fresh plea for missing Marakopa family
Tom Phillips and the three children went missing in December, for the second time.
Dealer who sold damaged utes warns there might be more on our roads
Dealer claims damaged vehicles are being repaired, warranted and on-sold.
'Disastrous' start to life: Toddler who witnessed mum kill man grows into criminal
Jakeem Bowman-Fenton was 2 when his mother, Daniella Bowman, took part in a murder.
SH1 closed near Karapiro reopens after serious crash
Vehicle accidents have disrupted traffic on Bay roads as heavy rain pounds some areas.
Woman seriously injured after assault at Ngāruawāhia home
Two young men are believed to have been involved in this incident
NZ travel: Waharoa along the Waikato River
A new TV series goes in search of Māori and Pacific artworks and the people who made them.
Driver who crashed, killing baby and mum, fell asleep at the wheel
'I left a part of me in that car': Grieving partner’s words to fatal crash driver.
Cambridge triple stabbing ‘cast a long and traumatic shadow’ on victims
Matthew Nelson, now identifying as Pandora Electra, jailed for nine years, three months.
Worm farms to keep tonnes of waste from landfill
Food scraps, shredded paper, handtowels, cardboard, and wilted flowers will be collected.
Two airlifted to hospital after car flies off road into creek in Whakatīwai
Two people have been flown to Middlemore hospital with serious injuries.
One person in hospital after serious crash in Waikato
'Initial indications suggest there are serious injuries': Police.
Watch: Top tips for tackling Te Araroa trail's Pirongia Traverse
Part two of a new video series from social enterprise Got to Get Out