Traffic is backing up after the crash at Whatawhata at 2.10pm today.

Hamilton police are urging the 31-year-old reckless driver to hand himself in.

Staff from Good Honest Tattoos inspected the damage this morning.

Hamilton mayor says council spending lots of money on review to 'shut down the foxes'.

Ocean Babington is seeking 10 dogs and their owners for her masters research.

Dylyn Mitchell Davis flew into a jealous rage after discovering partner had texted her ex.

Audit NZ will review process Hamilton City Council took around inner city park expansion.

King says he's told anyone who will listen about his vision for a bigger river-facing park

Kiwi airman's WW2 mementos up for auction

Emergency services are still responding to a house fire in Hamilton East this afternoon.

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Gisborne, Napier and Hastings are the only main centres set to get clear skies today.

The driver has been at the controls as three people, one a boy, were killed by his train.

The former Icepak director is appealing the council's decision to grant consent.

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

Police will consider appealing a sentence of home detention handed down to a baby basher

Lauren Smith's father doesn't believe she will return to New Zealand.

A man who beat his baby son has been sentenced to 9 months' home detention.

Council CEO recalls moment tiger victim's husband asked why he hadn't visited.

Hamilton mayor says developers who were given advanced heads up not 'profiteering type'.

Sandip Patel suffered a fractured skull and cuts to his head and hands.

BTANZ and retailers urge government to use $2bn from tobacco tax on crime prevention

Council defends giving two property owners the heads up on a proposed development.

Urgency grows for proactive solutions as New Zealand's elderly population burgeons.

Police are providing support to her family and the train driver at this time.

Fog cannons, vending machines and tougher penalties are all options, owners say.

Find out how prices for new rentals changed in your suburb.

Tougher penalties wanted for aggravated robberies after brutal attacks on dairy owners.

Dairy owner left in a pool of blood after being attacked by robbers with hammers.

Temperatures fell almost a degree below zero at one weather station.