An assault in central Hamilton yesterday afternoon was not gang-related, police say.

A driver has died after crashing a vehicle into a tree, just south of Hamilton, police say.

The dentist was seriously assaulted when two men broke into Focus 32 Dental on Hukanui Road on May 12 as he was closing up for the night.

The estranged husband of a well-known NZ celebrity is on trial in Hamilton for threatening to kill and assaulting his wife, and assaulting one of their children.

A St John Ambulance officer has been reprimanded after a woman fell on concrete and her husband was called a "fat man".

A woman was attacked in an unprovoked attack while she was talking on her cellphone at a Hamilton pharmacy, police say.

Four Auckland men who allegedly travelled to Hamilton and carried out a ram-raid of a city motorbike store were caught by police before making it back over the Bombays.

A man is being treated for minor injuries after a rather spectacular crash which saw his car land in the middle of a busy Hamilton roundabout.

Your Business editor Caitlin Sykes interviews Steve and Korina Verkley, franchise owners of Robert Harris Cafe in Te Rapa.

A Hamilton man cried as he was sentenced to life in prison with a 15 year minimum non parole period for murdering his eight-month-old son.

A Hamilton massage parlour worker was allegedly assaulted after an incident early this morning.

A dominant male chimpanzee that launched a ferocious two-minute attack that killed a female newcomer to Hamilton Zoo is back with his troop.

A female chimpanzee died after a horrific two-minute attack by the dominant male at Hamilton Zoo.

Two men who escaped from from a Hamilton mental health care facility have surrendered to authorities, police say.

The public are being warned to stay away from two men with a history of violence who have escaped from a Waikato mental health facility.

An internet cafe owner has been criticised by police for a lack of "social responsibility" for allowing a schoolboy to play computer games during school hours.

Images from the Balloons Over Waikato event, which runs until this Sunday.

A search is underway for a Hamilton man who allegedly kidnapped his estranged female partner.

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".

The American tourist who drove into the path of a truck, killing his wife and two friends, has been fined $4500 after pleading guilty to careless driving.

The three American tourists killed in a crash near Hamilton were on their dream trip to New Zealand.

A Hamilton high school teacher who gave pass grades to students whose work had been assessed as "not achieved" has been banned from the classroom.

The man who died after being found lying in a Hamilton road last week was Sean Anthony O'Connor.

Traffic has been affected near Hamilton this morning after what is believed to be a diesel spill.

Police investigating the sudden, unexplained death of a man in Hamilton say a couple seen nearby may hold clues to the fatality.

A tourist has been found dead on a Hamilton road, but police say there was no foul play involved.