A 17-year-old could face three years imprisonment or a $50,000 fine if found guilty.

A Hamilton man facing a charge over an alleged shooting in the city on Thursday plans to fight the charge.

Near-record crowds flocked to Fieldays near Hamilton, making it one of the biggest years in the event's history.

Hamilton police are looking for Angelo Wilson. Police said Wilson had a history of violence. He had a number of contacts in the Melville area.

Armed and dangerous man with links to the Mongrel Mob is being sought after a 14-year-old boy was shot and injured last night in Hamilton.

Police are looking for a man in a white car over shooting of 17-year-old boy in Hamilton.

A 17-year-old boy has been shot on a street in Hamilton, in what is now the third shooting incident on the same street in sixteen months.

Police called after gun fired at a party.

Roasting marshmallows with a bunch of 5-year-olds was a different challenge altogether for this year's rural bachelor contestants.

Hamilton City Council has admitted fault over the mauling of zoo keeper.

A couple who were aided by a police escort in their baby birth dash have been reunited with the officer who helped bring their new daughter into the world.

The investment of $53.5m in schools in Tauranga, Hamilton and Hawkes Bay is part of the Budget 2016.

Firefighters have brought a large blaze at a recyling plant in Hamilton's industrial district under control.

Housing NZ is evicting several tenants in Hamilton, just as Aucklanders are being offered $5000 to move into state homes there and in other provincial cities.

A fairly innocuous traffic safety issue turned into a dramatic short chase through Hamilton streets this morning.

Hamilton mental health patient went on to drown himself in Waikato River.

The Hamilton City Council has postponed its first court appearance in relation to its prosecution after of one of its zoo keepers was mauled by a tiger.

An elderly Hamilton woman whose house was crashed into on Mother's Day suffered a heart attack just hours later, and died on Tuesday.

The husband of the Hamilton Zoo curator who was killed by a tiger last year is said to be unhappy at the support shown for his late wife's family by Hamilton City Council.

A man accused of attacking a Hamilton police officer which left him nursing multiple injuries is alleged to have jumped the station's front counter.

The officer tried to help with a query but ended up with a fractured cheek, cuts and bruises, and had to be taken to hospital for treatment.

Police warning over man's actions when he talked to 10-year-old girl in Hamilton.

A blaze which severely damaged a Hamilton bakery was caused by a deep fryer being left on.

Fire fighters took 30 minutes to battle a fire which appears to have started in the Flagstaff Bakehouse kitchen and spread to the neighbouring roast shop.

Just seven months after new valuations were set for Hamilton homes, some are already fetching up to $205,000 above those figures.

Police are asking for the public's help in tracing the movements of a Hamilton man before his body was discovered in a car found crashed in a stream.

The sister of the man who died after his car crashed into a Waikato stream overnight has posted a moving tribute to her brother.

Eric Gerritsen was fined $115,000 for impeding the WorkSafe's investigation into the collapse of the "Mammoth Slide", which left a number of children injured.