Waikato police have re-opened a Hamilton street after armed offenders squad members cordoned off a house.

A wheelchair-bound man managed to escape a high-speed Hamilton crash after his foot got stuck on the accelerator.

Residents are on the highest water alert level after one of its most important water mains ruptured when a large portion of the Waikato riverbank collapsed.

Most of the country can expect another warm, dry holiday weekend, but the West Coast is in for a wet one.

Authorities were called to a house in Hamilton after multiple reports of a firearm being shot on Sunday night, police said.

Name suppression has lapsed for the man charged with the manslaughter of a homeless Hamilton man.

Two teens lead police on an early morning pursuit across the Waikato.

A fire at a house in Hamilton was started by a group of "drunk hooligans", according to the Fire Service.

Volunteers are pollinating Dactylanthus plants on Mt Pirongia 'paint brush-style' in the hope to repopulate the maunga with the indigenous plant. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A police negotiator has persuaded a woman to leave the roof of Centre Place in Hamilton.

The pair smashed their way through the front door with a rock before taking off with about $8000 of stock.

The son of a Hamilton woman, who was texting and driving before she was killed in a crash, is pleading with drivers to put their mobile phones away.

The ToolShed in Hamilton has been ram raided for the second time in a month. Police are now hunting for a brown and red, "fairly

A man has allegedly been attacked by a patched Mongrel Mob member during a road rage incident in Hamilton.

Victim advocate Louise Nicholas says allegations Chiefs rugby players verbally abused two female parking wardens are "disappointing".

Parked car no problem for this Hamilton contracting crew who found a simple solution to their road block.

Kim Richmond was a devoted mum who would have been in contact with her children by now if she could, according to a good friend.

Police are investigating how an 18-month-old girl suffered "non-accidental injuries" after an incident near her Hamilton home.

A Morrinsville family remain homeless after fire ripped through their home just after Christmas. The McRaes are now having to look

A 48-year-old man has been arrested in relation to the death of Hamilton man Tama Retimana.

Neighbours of a Hamilton house on fire woke the sleeping family in time to escape with their lives.

A Mexican restaurant in Hamilton's CBD has been damaged by fire early today.

Bay of Islands the place to be for summer sun today

Police are continuing their search along the river bank of the Waikato River with a focus on the camp site confirmed as belonging

Three years after a red-light runner killed her daughter at a Hamilton intersection, Joy Bray tells of the enormity of her grief.

Dramatic scenes as bystanders rushed to help foil brazen daylight robbery in Hamilton.

Tama Retimana, whose body was found floating in the Waikato River two days after Christmas, was a father-of-two and had a partner.

The inhabitants of a house that caught fire today escaped without injury.

Body found in Waikato River was a homeless man who lived on the river's banks.

An elderly woman has died from injuries after being hit by a car in Takapuna this evening.