Culinary students get ready for cook-off
The 18th Waikato Culinary Fare allows studets to show off skillet skills.
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Wintec Te Pūkenga celebrates 30-year nursing milestone
Māori nursing programme run out of Wintec reaches significant milestone.
Kurawaitī developing next generation of Waikato River kaitiaki
The next cohort of rangatahi are schooling up their wai.
Hamilton rower selected for U19 World Champs in France
Justin Smyth will represent New Zealand as part of the quad team.
Chiefs stars pass on skills to young rugby players
Damian McKenzie and Anton Lienert-Brown starr in training campaign.
Driver dies in crash between car and tanker near Tirau
Emergency services are at the scene.
Rainbow Place funding ensures specialist nursing for fragile children
Wrap-around support continues 24/7 throughout the Waikato.
‘I had a shotgun to my head': Complainant recalls beatings, gunpoint car trip
Jesse Whitiora had a gun to his head as he was told he was going to die.
Four Taranaki locals to play on home ground against Reds
Gallagher Chiefs head coach selected four Taranaki Bulls players for Friday's line-up.
Waikato farmer wins regional dairy women's award
Rachel Usmar is the DWN's Regional Leader of the Year 2023.
Call for trucking companies to do better as Moving Day nears
There have been three incidents of roadside dumping in the Matamata-Piako District.
River management teams drowning in work following cyclones
Remedial river work is expected to continue for the next two years.
Teen motocross rider airlifted to hospital from Tokoroa in critical condition
South Waikato Motorcycle Club said the crash happened at their first meet for the year.
High Court dismisses north Waikato farmer’s appeal
Experienced contractor should have been well aware of the rules.
Waikato councils get behind rangatahi leadership programme
The two Hamilton programme participants are already eyeing future council positions.
'Time is of the essence': $30-40 million bridge to replace SH25A Coromandel
There are three options for a permanent solution to fix the highway.
Safety improvements at T-intersection of SH1 and SH29
An “important project in one of NZ’s most critical transport corridors”.
'Cruel and inexcusable': 70 cattle left to starve to death
A 52-year-old woman has been fined $6000 for wilfully neglecting the animals.
Greenfields development aims to become a thriving North Waikato community
Comfort Group’s $1.2 billion project will span more than a decade.
More Coromandel closures coming up as road works continue
Drivers should visit the Waka Kotahi Journey Planner for more details.
Rescue helicopter gets injured boy to hospital in 25 minutes
The family were thankful for the chopper crew's life-saving clinical skills.
Outstanding Waikato artist to be honoured with new exhibition
Jewish artist Margot Philips found refuge in New Zealand in 1938.
Waikato authors take centre stage at Auckland festival
Six local authors will be part of the Auckland Writers Festival 2023.
Hamilton celebrates start of construction of fully inclusive playground
The playground in Claudelands Park will be the first of its kind in New Zealand.
Cake Detective on the case of making kids birthdays special
The Hamilton charity is featured in the nationwide One Good Kiwi initiative this month.
Hamilton teen picks up weighty opportunity
Xavier Tiffany is working hard to get to his first international weightlifting comp.
All eyes on Hamilton East thanks to new community patrol
Former police officers Jasmine Corban and Candice Upperton set up the service.
Let them eat quiche: Royal dish request raises eyebrows
King Charles' request is quite different from his mother's in 1953.
Dogs to be banned at Waipā's Kakepuku maunga
New bylaw proposes some controversial changes.
'I got your guy': Overdose sees innocent man targeted in alleged murder
Sao Yean had nothing to do with 'bad drugs' that led to a death. He paid with his life.
Chiefs welcome back Lienert-Brown for game against Highlanders
The Chiefs are off to Dunedin this week where they hope to get lucky for the 10th time.
Waikato royalists to honour new king with trees
Waikato councils will mark the coronation with special tree-planting events.
Ōhaupō pip Suburbs
Ōhaupō Rugby Club came out on top by one point in a nail-biter against Suburbs.