"Walking through the dining room was just chaos, there was stuff all over the place."

Twenty-six people died in one the deadliest weeks on our roads. These are their stories.

A neighbour has described the incident as "pretty graphic".

A motorcyclist died in a Hamilton crash

The driver then crashed a second time on a bridge near the Taupiri cemetery.

People with information can call Detective Richelle Brownlie on (07) 870 7057.

Staff allowed back into building after smoke traced to a faulty air conditioning unit.

Water started seeping, then pouring into the garage.

"Wear a lifejacket, even if you are standing on the rocks. Wear a lifejacket."

Jayden Braniff, 23, was the passenger in the vehicle.

As part of the investigation, police were searching a residential address in Hamilton.

One person has died in a two-vehicle crash this morning north of Karapiro.

A person is fighting for their life after a vehicle crash in Otorohanga, in the Waikato.

Three times as many people died over the long weekend as last year.

A diversion was in place down Raynes Rd and State Highway 21.

It's 10 years since the fiery explosion that ripped eight lives apart.

The man was critically injured in Hamilton last night - and police aren't sure how.

Two toddlers were rescued after being left in the car by their grandfather.

One person has been killed and six others injured in a crash near Te Kauwhata.

Emergency services are tackling a house fire in Hamilton.

Ten people have been taken to Hawke's Bay Hospital following a two-vehicle crash.

Waikato District Health Board is postponing around 500 patients' appointments because of the strike.

Fire investigators have narrowed down where Monday's blaze in Hamilton started, but just exactly what caused it remains unclear.

An unstable and fire-damaged wall will remain in place when fire investigators begin their painstaking work of trying to figure out

Two people had to be rescued from their car after it plunged into a lake.

A woman who was one of the first to scene of a fatal crash in Huntly has described how she found a young girl distraught in the backseat of the car.

About 40 households in a remote area of Waikato have been without access to a reliable phone line for weeks.

The road between Raglan and Hamilton is blocked tonight after a fatal road crash.

A rescue is underway near Raglan after a person was sucked out to sea out by a rip this afternoon.

A massive fire that gutted a popular Hamilton restaurant was caused by a stack of hot tea towels spontaneously combusting.