Liz Light drops into a big black hole where trusting the ropes on the way down is one thing - and climbing back up is another.

Holden's Jamie Whincup will start from pole position in this afternoon's 200km race at the Hamilton V8 Supercar event.

The autumn school holidays have started, and Easter is next weekend - make the most of the last of the warm weather by going somewhere you've never been.

Pictures on Peter Jackson's Facebook profile give a glimpse into how the movie is being shot in 3D and reveal the film will break with nine decades of cinema tradition.

Next weekend Hamilton hosts ITM400, the biggest V8 Supercar event in the country. Susan Edmunds went to a meet at the Meremere dragway for an early whiff of V8 fever.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has cleared police in two incidents but found an officer's actions in a Waikato "undesirable".

Police have referred to the coroner the 2009 death of Hail-Sage McClutchie in suspicious circumstances from head injuries.

A gang member believed to be armed and using methamphetamine has been arrested in Huntly, north of Hamilton.

A man has claimed the million dollar ticket from the weekend's Lotto draw.

Police have released new images of a knife-wielding man who threatened a lone female assistant in a Hamilton sex shop last month.