A Hamilton man has admitted the murder of his 8-month-old son after fighting the charge since his arrest last year.

A young woman who fought off a man trying to drag her to his car is so traumatised she may not return to work.

A woman fought off a would-be abductor in Hamilton who was trying to drag her into a car by scratching at his eyes.

Tributes flowed last night for a 23-year-old father, who died after accidentally going through a ranch-slider at a Hamilton property.

Police have confirmed the body found in the Waikato River this morning is the 23-year-old reported missing on Saturday.

A body has been recovered from the Waikato River this morning, but police say it's too early to confirm its identity.

A young man is feared drowned after he and a friend tried to cross the Waikato River in Hamilton last night.

Far from being downcast at having lost a day of World Cup preparation time, New Zealand's bowling coach Shane Bond sees a small upside out of the Eden Park washout.

Five more teenagers have been arrested at the Hamilton house where police were pelted with bottles when they tried to contain a 150-strong mob.

Eight people were arrested when a party got out of hand in Hamilton overnight.

Test match batting, check; ODI batting sorted. It's been a while between one-day hundreds for Brendon McCullum.

A slipshod batting display left Sri Lanka with a straightforward piece of business to win the second ODI at Seddon Park last night and draw level in the seven-game series.

'What I really wanted was our name to be cleared.' A Hamilton couple have broken their silence after their baby daughter died - and they were wrongly suspected.

Sonny Bill Williams' move to Hamilton will be complete when his wife and 2-month-old daughter join him from Sydney in the next few days.

Mention Waikato and what usually first comes to mind are cow-filled paddocks, a long river and a university.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attacking a woman and then trying to convince passers-by it was a "domestic dispute".

A rare native bird has been released back into the wild a month on from a stormy rescue by a Hamilton police officer.

A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a Hamilton man who died after being stabbed twice in the torso.

The morning after your Christmas party might be your downfall under new drink drive laws. Police in Hamilton have launched a blitz on drink driving in the city, in the lead-up to the holiday season.

The death of a 7-month-old Hamilton girl who was admitted to hospital with serious and unexplained injuries has been referred to the coroner.

The death of a 7-month-old Hamilton girl is no longer being treated as suspicious, police say.

A post mortem examination will be carried out in Auckland today to determine how a 7-month-old Hamilton girl died.

A baby girl who suffered critical and unexplained injuries has died in Waikato Hospital. Enquiries continue at an address in Hamilton East.

Radiant summer weather made a brief call to the North Island at the weekend, attracting hardy bathers into the still-cool water at beaches and creating a run on icecream.

A woman has been caught on camera taking household furniture from a charity donation drop-off for the needy.