Police are appealing for the driver of a white utility vehicle to come forward after a man was killed when a car and truck collided in rural Waikato today.

A 20-year-old man remains in hospital today after being hit in the mouth by an exploding air freshener.

Waikato police are praising the actions of motorists who dobbed in a truck driver seen swerving all over a state highway.

A woman has died and another has serious injuries after a car rolled in Waikato about 1am today.

Peter Bradbury's survival - he crawled 75m to his house before waiting up to eight days for help - is nothing short of miraculous.

Waihi police investigating the break-in at the town's Mobil service station, the fourth business to be targeted in Eastern Waikato over the past two days.

Two aggravated robberies which occurred within minutes of each other in the Waikato are not linked, police say.

A motorcyclist has died after striking a road barrier on State Highway One in the Waikato this morning.

An alleged fake Waikato District Health Board psychiatrist has been further remanded on new charges after vowing to prove his innocence.

The family of a man whose body was found in the Waikato River last week claim he was the victim of "medical and bureaucratic malpractice".

A body has been recovered from the Waikato River this morning, but police say it's too early to confirm its identity.

A passer-by is being hailed a hero after he jumped over a fence and repeatedly whacked a dog with a broom stick to stop it from attacking its owner.

Waikato's Ukrainian community, supported by the region's European community gathered in Hamilton for a protest on Saturday. At the protest, they sang the Ukrainian National Anthem "Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia" - "The glory and freedom of Ukraine has not yet perished". Video / Danielle Zollickhofer