For the first time in 32 years the Waikato Home and Garden Show is in new hands. Made with funding from NZ on Air

For the first time in 32 years the Waikato Home and Garden Show is in new hands. Made with finding from NZ on Air

A Hamilton couple who kicked their children and hit them with a skipping rope or belt have been sentenced to home detention.

Three men appeared in the High Court at Hamilton this morning in relation to the death of Brent Paul Brown.

A council worker and volunteer firefighter who planted fake bombs around Hamilton has been sentenced to two and a half years' jail.

Waikato student: "If I had one vote for every girl on this campus I've shagged, I would get this role easily".

This will be a good weekend to check out the museum or cuddle up with a book as heavy showers and thunderstorms are forecast for parts of the country.

It’s a beautiful game that creates friendships between cultures. Made with funding from NZ on Air

It's a beautiful game that creates friendships between cultures. Made with funding from NZ on Air

There has been a dramatic bus crash in Hamilton this morning.

Fleeing driver tosses loaded rifle out of car window.

Police want to hear from potential witnesses after an alleged sex attack in Hamilton.

Watch NZH Focus exclusive: The boxer who died in the ring was looking forward to having a beer with his opponent.

A fire in a classroom at Crawshaw School in Nawton is being treated as suspicious. Pukete station officer Shane Thomas said the fire

The body of corporate boxer Neville Knight, who died in the ring at a charity boxing match, has been taken home while colleagues still come to terms with his death.

Burglars who threatened a Hamilton dairy owner with a gun and baseball bat while they raided his till were caught trying to make a getaway.

The family of Neville Knight were watching his boxing bout when he collapsed against the ropes and died in the ring at a charity fight night in Hamilton on Saturday.

Three men have been charged over the death of Hamilton man Brent Paul Brown.

A Hamilton mayoral candidate has apologised for a mistake-ridden profile written in Te Reo Maori that was put together using Google Translate.

The biggest issue facing Hamilton in next three years is growth and the city needs a leader who can plan for it with the right amount of infrastructure.

McDonald's staff at a branch in Hamilton have been slammed for the handling of a situation in which a child defecated on the playground.

They were brought together by death, but yesterday a Hamilton couple declared their undying love for each other.

A funeral director and embalmer who met at work are set to tie the knot in Hamilton today.

Samantha Kudeweh supported a decision to retain a one-keeper system for dangerous animals at Hamilton Zoo.

A man allegedly tried to get a teenage girl who was walking to school into his vehicle.

A Waikato bar and a service station were held up at gunpoint just minutes apart overnight.

A mother-of-four children was "in the grips of an extended drinking binge" when her four young children were found walking along a busy Hamilton street on their own.

$1,013,632: Auckland's new average home value

A blunt instrument is believed to have been used to kill Hamilton man Brent Paul Brown in his Dinsdale home last week.

It's not just Aucklanders scrambling to afford property.