Watch NZH Focus exclusive: The boxer who died in the ring was looking forward to having a beer with his opponent.

A fire in a classroom at Crawshaw School in Nawton is being treated as suspicious. Pukete station officer Shane Thomas said the fire

The body of corporate boxer Neville Knight, who died in the ring at a charity boxing match, has been taken home while colleagues still come to terms with his death.

Burglars who threatened a Hamilton dairy owner with a gun and baseball bat while they raided his till were caught trying to make a getaway.

The family of Neville Knight were watching his boxing bout when he collapsed against the ropes and died in the ring at a charity fight night in Hamilton on Saturday.

Three men have been charged over the death of Hamilton man Brent Paul Brown.

A bronze sculpture of a baby southern rhinoceros was unveiled at Hamilton Zoo today - exactly one year after curator Samantha Kudeweh

A year after zookeeper Samantha Kudeweh's death, city councillors today voted down a proposal to increase the council's contribution to a trust for her two children.

A Hamilton mayoral candidate has apologised for a mistake-ridden profile written in Te Reo Maori that was put together using Google Translate.

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.

It's not just Aucklanders scrambling to afford property.

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

A Hamilton Sikh and council candidate says he and his family are shocked and disgusted after his billboard was tagged with the word "Isis".

The vehicle was brought to a stop when road spikes were laid on Wairere Dr at 4.20am.

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.