Police are praising Hamilton Girls' High School's emergency procedures after a girl threatened other students with a knife late this morning.

Six-time world champion Sebastien Loeb continued his spectacular charge up the Rally New Zealand leaderboard today.

Paul Rush takes a blissful stroll around Hamilton Gardens' glorious Paradise Collection.

A Chinese gymnast, now living in Huntly, has been stripped of an Olympic bronze medal for being too young during the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

A gang member and his partner have been sentenced to prison for possession of methamphetamine.

One man is in hospital and another has been arrested after police chased two men allegedly doing a wheelie on a dirt bike.