John Key today slammed a newspaper "stunt" for testing Super 14 security with fake bombs, saying the paper "were comparing apples with oranges".

At least 60 firefighters were needed to quell a blaze understood to be the largest in Hamilton since a fatal coolstore explosion two years ago.

Sixty firefighters were this afternoon battling a blaze at a fibreglass boat builders in Hamilton.

A Sunday newspaper is defending an investigation that put reporters with fake bombs in sports stadiums, horrifying officials and angering police.

A newspaper has been widely condemned for sending mock terrorists into Super 14 rugby games last weekend.

A newspaper had no satisfactory explanation for sending people dressed as terrorist bombers into the AMI stadium, the head of the stadium says.

Judith Collins is fuming after the Sunday Star-Times sent groups of people dressed as terrorist bombers to Super 14 games.

Several people were lucky not to be hurt when a car was driven through the entrance to Hamilton police station.

The victim of an alleged hit and run aggravated robbery was left lying on the side of the road with his pleas for help ignored by passing motorists.

Pat Baker, a $10 million landlady and grandmother, is bristling about being blamed for wrecking the economy.

A woman who died after falling off her bicycle into a Hamilton stream has been identified after almost a week.