A potential disaster was narrowly avoided at a Hamilton petrol station last night after an agitated man allegedly set fire to a car and assaulted a man.

A man who admitted to assaulting a lone Kawhia police officer has been sentenced to nine months in prison, but will walk free later today.

A woman who was hit by a car in Hamilton early this morning has died of her injuries.

An 18-year-old man was due to appear in Hamilton District Court this morning following the stabbing of two teenagers in Hamilton yesterday morning.

A section of the country's main highway has been shut down due to a gas leak in Hamilton.

Police investigating a murder in Hamilton are interviewing a 19-year-old man who handed himself in to police in Auckland this morning.

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a 38-year-old man died following an assault in Hamilton this afternoon.

Police have slammed a 'selfish' man accused of damaging a couple's home and writing off their car in his attempt to flee police.

A Hamilton teenager who allegedly used an air rifle to shoot a man in the back and another in the buttocks on different days outside a pizza store has been remanded on bail.

By this time next year, the first buildings could be going up in Wanaka's single-biggest commercial and residential development.

St John's Ambulance have described the attack on a sole female officer who was assaulted after she responded to a fake call for help in Hamilton as "absolutely despicable''.

Police say they are appalled that adults supplied a young boy with alcohol and concerned he was re-victimised when footage of his antics was posted on YouTube.

A Hamilton bistro has been destroyed by a fire today, devastating its owners.

A man has been arrested in connection to airgun shooting incidents in Hamilton - the latest involving a man being shot in the buttocks.

Daymion Koroheke was waiting for a pizza on Christmas Eve when he heard a loud gunshot and felt searing pain in his back.

A Hamilton business owner is in an induced coma after being attacked on Friday evening when he tried to break up a drunken argument.

A domestic stabbing in Hamilton this morning has led to warnings of the volatile mix of alcohol and increased Christmas financial pressure.

Danielle Wright takes her family on a nostalgic trip back to 50s New Zealand at a vintage car museum in Hamilton.

A body recovered from the Waikato River yesterday has been formally identified as missing Australian Paul Arber.

A body recovered from the Waikato River today was found by a group of teenage rowers from Hamilton Girls High School, police say.