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Child abducted by mother found
Hamilton police are appealing for the mother of an 18-month-old girl to contact them after the child was allegedly abducted yesterday.

Close to home: Paddle to the pools
During Waimarino's new Thermal Hot Pool & Glow-worm Cave Kayak Tour, paddlers skirt the bushy shores of Lake Rotoiti before slipping into a cave where glow-worms twinkle all around.

Labour to 'take action' if members involved in voting scam
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.

Detectives widen Super City probe to Tauranga, Hamilton
Police have widened their probe into a possible Super City voting scam to cover hundreds of people living in Hastings, Tauranga and Hamilton.

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

Gold, $1m cash seized from home
Police yesterday raided a Hamilton house for bricks of gold and foreign banknotes worth $1 million in an international seizure operation.

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

Inmate who killed prison guard sentenced
Inmate Latu Kepu has been sentenced to six years and four months for the manslaughter of a Waikato prison guard.