A Hamilton business owner is in an induced coma after being attacked on Friday evening when he tried to break up a drunken argument.

A body recovered from the Waikato River yesterday has been formally identified as missing Australian Paul Arber.

A body recovered from the Waikato River today was found by a group of teenage rowers from Hamilton Girls High School, police say.

Hamilton mayor Julie Hardaker says people are over the fluoridation issue and just want decisions made about their drinking water.

A forensic examination into the suspicious death of a teenage girl in Hamilton yesterday has raised more questions than it has answered, police say.

A young pilot is in "deep shock" after crashing a light plane into another shortly after take off this morning on his very first solo flight.

A forensic examination into the death of a young Hamilton woman has raised more questions than it has answered for officers investigating her death.

A teenage girl and a man have been arrested over the theft of a cache of firearms in Hamilton this week.

A woman and her young nephew had a lucky escape after their home caught fire, causing severe damage to almost half the house.