McDonald's staff at a branch in Hamilton have been slammed for the handling of a situation in which a child defecated on the playground.

They were brought together by death, but yesterday a Hamilton couple declared their undying love for each other.

A funeral director and embalmer who met at work are set to tie the knot in Hamilton today.

Samantha Kudeweh supported a decision to retain a one-keeper system for dangerous animals at Hamilton Zoo.

A man allegedly tried to get a teenage girl who was walking to school into his vehicle.

A Waikato bar and a service station were held up at gunpoint just minutes apart overnight.

A mother-of-four children was "in the grips of an extended drinking binge" when her four young children were found walking along a busy Hamilton street on their own.

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A blunt instrument is believed to have been used to kill Hamilton man Brent Paul Brown in his Dinsdale home last week.

A 14-year-old girl is in hospital after crashing a stolen car into a lamp post in Hamilton's CBD.

A woman who went missing on her bus journey from Wellington to Hamilton has been found safe in Levin.

53-year-old Adele Townsend has been located in Levin this evening.

A 43-year-old woman appeared in the Hamilton District Court today on drug-related charges including manufacturing methamphetamine, and the cultivation of cannabis.

A man has been stabbed in the leg with a boning knife after an argument in Hamilton.

A caregiver charged with assaulting an elderly man in a Hamilton rest home has appeared in court this morning.

More than half of New Zealand's 41,000 homeless people are now families with children, according to new Otago University research.

A caregiver allegedly caught on covert camera footage hitting and slapping an elderly man in a rest home has been charged with assault.

A 15-year-old with a plastic gun sparked an armed police call-out in Hamilton this morning. Waikato police Senior Sergeant Dean Anderson

Councils around the North Island are assuring residents of the safety of their water supplies following a gastro outbreak in Hawke's Bay.

Work is suspended at site where pylon collapsed, injuring a young man.

Communities are questioning the placement of high-risk sexual offenders near children after two cases involving three separate abusers emerged yesterday.

After six months, a Hamilton man finally tracked down a lost Lotto ticket in his messy work desk and nabbed a $333,333 prize.

Distressed kayaker who sparked a search on the Waikato River last night calls police to say he is alive.

Police are searching for a man who is believed to have been in a kayak without a paddle.

A man has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after a pylon collapsed where a new pole is being put in for an expressway.

A Waikato woman was arrested in October and accused of creating fake CVs so that Filipinos could work in New Zealand.

An employee sustained serious burns to his calves and arm when the adhesive he was using caught fire.

The establishment of The Rail Opportunity Network (TRON) to re-examine the possibility of a commuter rail line from Hamilton to Auckland

Police spent the night looking for a Hamilton teen with mental disabilities, refusing to give up the search overnight.

The male calf arrived in June, bringing the total number of white rhinos at the zoo to six.