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.

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

A woman has been identified as the victim of an assault in Hamilton, after a large amount of human blood was discovered behind a church in the city.

Police are investigating whether or not a serious assault may have taken place behind a church in Hamilton after a large amount of human blood was discovered.

Name suppression has lapsed for a man accused of bludgeoning an elderly man to death with a bottle.

St John Ambulance central region spokesman Mark Tregoweth said they were called to Avalon Dr/State Highway 1 at 2.28pm today.

Hundreds of Hamiltonians woke up with no power today after a driver fleeing police crashed into a power pole.

A man found seriously injured in the toilets of a Hamilton bar had boot marks on his face and head, police say.

Police reveal a Hamilton man killed inside a city toilet cubicle was bludgeoned to death with a bottle.

The man found dead in a Hamilton public toilet on Monday night was 71-year-old Jacques Donker.

A Hamilton man will fight a serious driving charge over the death of his friend and fellow motorcyclist on the outskirts of the city earlier this year.

Police located two vehicles fleeing the scene of two burglaries in Hamilton overnight.

One of two people arrested in relation to the discovery of an elderly man's body in a public toilet last night has appeared in court charged with murder.