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Balloons set to take to the sky over Hamilton
The fan favourite event will take to the air from Tuesday.

Manawa down defending champs with four tries from lineout drives
Chiefs' Luka Connor extends try-scoring record to 15 tries.

Inside the Maadi Cup: Has the quest for school rowing supremacy got out of hand?
Rowing in schools is becoming a wildly competitive event, but is it getting too intense?

'It looked pretty bad': ABs star cleared of serious injury after scary scene
The incident brought a five-minute delay before Lienert-Brown was taken from the field.

'Shocking history': Recidivist drink driver clocks up 14th conviction
'The message clearly isn’t getting through and the deterrent is probably not high enough.'

Hamiltonian helps South Sudan fight challenges
Lieutenant Colonel Sheree Alexander is leading a United Nations Mission.

Chiefs bounce back against Fijian Drua
The Chiefs scored six tries in a high-scoring affair

Chiefs Manawa stay undefeated
Chiefs Manawa have kept their unbeaten start to the season alive.

Former Waikato flanker starts for the Brumbies
Former Waikato teammate Sefo Kautai will start in the front-row.

Second person arrested in connection with Raglan man's death, dog's mystery gunshot wound
Maniapoto was found lying on a road, dead, last week. A dog named Napier was also shot.

Revealed: Mystery Hamilton Zoo creature 'a new species to NZ'
Hamilton caracal the first of its species in New Zealand since 2022.

New forwards named on Chiefs' bench
Both Taranaki forwards debuted for the Gallagher Chiefs in 2021.

Hamilton students in Highlanders Under 20s
Chosen from 37 players, the travelling squad underwent a tough four-week assembly period.

What to do this St Patrick's Day, and more activities to make Autumn better
Don't dismay, summer might be over but your weekends aren't.

Whānau turn up in support of Waikato murder accused
The 29-year-old was supported in court by a large amount of whānau.

'Absolute tragedy': Man who beat partner to death acquitted of murder
Richard Coburn was instead found guilty of manslaughter.

Auckland to Hamilton motorists told to avoid expressway this weekend
Long delays are expected on the Waikato Expressway for the next few weeks.

Murder or manslaughter: Did Richard Coburn mean to kill his girlfriend?
That's the question a Hamilton jury is now deliberating.

Levi Reweti returns to Taranaki
'Win-win' for CMK Club Rugby and the Yarrows Taranaki Bulls NPC team.

'Callous and despicable': Thief who sparked outrage over dairy worker's murder pleads guilty
The slaying of Janak Patel in 2022 caused nationwide anger.

Special boxing match in Hamilton to go down in history
It will be New Zealand's first female cruiserweight boxing match.

'I wiped her face, apologising': Killer told dying partner she would be all right
Richard Coburn admits he killed his partner, but says it wasn't murder.

Meth dealer to lose his 'forever car' - a modified Holden that contained father's ashes
It was the sort of car he always wanted to own, his partner told the court.

'Dramatic' rates rises needed to balance Hamilton's books
Rates could increase by an average of 19.9 per cent in the 2024/25 financial year.

Woman was alive for 'at least 30 minutes' after partner's fatal attack
Richard Coburn admits killing his partner, but says it wasn't murder.

Waikato initiatives stand out as Biosecurity Award finalists
The finalists have all contributed significantly to safeguarding the biosecurity of NZ.

Hamilton City Council rejigs committee roles again
Former minister and Geoff Taylor join committees, deputy mayor appointed to new role.

Small Waikato community receives special sculpture
The sculpture was a community-led project.

Transport minister takes to social media over Waikato Expressway delays
Motorists spent hours getting to their destinations. Others simply gave up and went home.