Labour president Andrew Little says the party will act if any of its members are found to have been involved in a Super City voting scam.

Homicide police were back at a central Auckland building site at first light today, digging deeper in their search for clues into the death of Auckland mother Carmen Thomas.

A supermarket baker hid after thieves drove their car through the front of the store to steal a few boxes of beer.

Police yesterday raided a Hamilton house for bricks of gold and foreign banknotes worth $1 million in an international seizure operation.

Police are hunting a man who terrorised an elderly Hamilton couple in their home early this morning.

A Hamilton woman who allegedly left her two toddlers at home alone while she went out for several hours has appeared in court.

The Crafar farming family has lost its appeal against convictions and sentences for dirty dairying practices on a Waikato dairy farm.

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Waikato residents renewed their calls for a commuter rail service between Hamilton and Auckland with staged sit ins at train stations on Saturday.

Police have charged a 22-year-old mother in relation to an alleged child abandonment incident this morning.

Police are speaking to the mother of two young children found home alone early today, surrounded by alcohol cans and a condom.

All five people in the car had been drinking and the driver said she lost control after being distracted by a passenger.