A man has been charged with attempted murder after two stabbings in Hamilton yesterday, one of which left a man with life-threatening injuries.

Armed police have surrounded an address in a Hamilton suburb after a stabbing incident.

Average Hamilton property values have posted a massive 21 per cent rise average in the just released three-yearly council revaluations.

Hamilton commuters were urged to avoid the CBD this morning after a man died after a fall from a car park building.

A family had to flee a burning house in Hamilton this evening.

A warrant has been issued to arrest the owner of a giant inflatable slide which collapsed and injured six children.

"We have lost and grieved, and now have to do it all again."

The grief-stricken mother of a zookeeper killed by a Sumatran tiger has spoken of her love for her daughter and the heartbreak on her death.

A former volunteer firefighter has appeared in court accused of stealing property from the Fire Service.

Thief stole a "large quantity" of cigarettes and tobacco and used a mountain bike as a getaway vehicle.

Samantha Kudeweh, zoo keeper fatally mauled by a tiger, has been remembered as a "passionate" and witty person.

A timber worker lost two fingers and the tip of his thumb on just his third day on the job.

More than $17,000 has been raised in an internet appeal for the children of Hamilton Zoo curator Samantha Kudeweh, who was killed by a Sumatran tiger last weekend.

Auditor says Samantha Kudeweh's life could've been saved had council undertaken a more thorough investigation following a near miss in 2013.

Samantha Kudeweh was an experienced senior keeper and a mother to two children and was killed by Oz, the male Sumatran tiger at the Hamilton zoo.

Peta says death of Hamilton keeper should send a message to zoos around the world to "reconsider their continued confinement of big cats".

An experienced big cat keeper who had worked with the woman killed in a tiger attack at Hamilton Zoo thinks the animal should be moved overseas.

The woman killed by a tiger at Hamilton Zoo today was senior staff member, Samantha Kudeweh.

A four-year-old Hamilton girl earlier reported missing has been found.

Police are investigating what may have caused a man's body to end up in Waikato River earlier this month.

Hamilton firefighters had to intervene between a couple who started arguing after a fire began in their car.

Nothing says spring like the blooming of the kowhai or the opening of scallop season, says Sarah Ell.

A "cunning" thief who managed to burgle a Hamilton home in broad daylight last Friday has been arrested.

Hamilton and Huntly are areas drawing house hunters unable to buy in the big smoke.

A blaze at a garage in Hamilton this morning has been deemed suspicious.

A 16-year-old was on electronic bail when he and his co-offenders allegedly launched an attack on two Hamilton police officers.

Police are speaking to a "person of interest" after a woman was seriously assaulted outside a Hamilton church last week.

Tyres were placed under two Hamilton school buildings and set alight in the second arson attack on the school in six years.

A man was rushed to hospital after being stabbed in a residential Hamilton neighbourhood this morning.