Hamilton news
![Lotto luck for Waikato players](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_p.png?d=793)
Lotto luck for Waikato players
Powerball was not struck and will roll over to $23 million for Wednesday night’s draw.
!['Merchant of death': Four Kiwis who took their own lives linked to Canadian murder-accused](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_p.png?d=793)
'Merchant of death': Four Kiwis who took their own lives linked to Canadian murder-accused
Kenneth Law has been charged with 14 counts of first-degree murder in Canada.
![Hunchback of Notre Dame musical and retro fair - here's what's on in the Waikato](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hunchback of Notre Dame musical and retro fair - here's what's on in the Waikato
What events are on in the Waikato?
![Waikato Lotto winners pocket $19k each](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Waikato Lotto winners pocket $19k each
The $17 million Lotto Powerball jackpot has gone unstruck.
![Man who killed person with his car convicted again 40 years later](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man who killed person with his car convicted again 40 years later
Peter Napier killed a motorist with his car in 1982 and then a pedestrian in 2022.
![Courier driver avoids conviction for crash that left motorcyclist dead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Courier driver avoids conviction for crash that left motorcyclist dead
An NZ Post van and motorbike collided head-on along a rural road.
![Woman hit by car in Hamilton then taken away in same vehicle](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Woman hit by car in Hamilton then taken away in same vehicle
The woman was later located and is in hospital.
![What’s been happening in Waikato: Local news in brief](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
What’s been happening in Waikato: Local news in brief
What's up in the Waikato - short and sweet.
![“Untapped potential”: Golden triangle regions call for greater collaboration](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
“Untapped potential”: Golden triangle regions call for greater collaboration
Te Waka and Priority One have written to the Government.
![Police officer injured in Hamilton crash, man charged with assaulting police, failure to stop](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Police officer injured in Hamilton crash, man charged with assaulting police, failure to stop
Officers had activated the patrol car's lights and siren before the two-vehicle crash.
![High school counsellors were awarded $1.8m for workplace stress - now that's being challenged](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
High school counsellors were awarded $1.8m for workplace stress - now that's being challenged
Kath and Ron Cronin-Lampe were awarded damages after dealing with 32 deaths.
Waikato news
![Furniture thief busted with dressing table strapped to roof of vehicle](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Furniture thief busted with dressing table strapped to roof of vehicle
The offender had also taken a bed base.
![Seven residents to receive Stratford Citizen Awards in 2024](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Seven residents to receive Stratford Citizen Awards in 2024
'These are people who help make Stratford a great place to call home' - Mayor Neil Volzke.
![Why teen service station robber got a 65% discount at sentencing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Why teen service station robber got a 65% discount at sentencing
Anaru Rueben was involved in a $14,000 aggravated robbery of a Gull station.
More Hamilton news
![Multiple failures in lead-up to death of mental health patient, coroner rules](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Multiple failures in lead-up to death of mental health patient, coroner rules
Mother believes failures in health system will not improve, despite the strong criticism.
![Culinary Fare draws in more than 500 young competitors from around NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Culinary Fare draws in more than 500 young competitors from around NZ
"It’s hard, but that’s the beauty of it. If it was easy, you would get bored."
![Pro-Palestine protest disrupts opening of migrant Settlement Centre](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pro-Palestine protest disrupts opening of migrant Settlement Centre
The Settlement Centre Waikato postpones its opening events due to a pro-Palestine protest.