84 cases of measles
Sports, cultural events, school trips and dances have been cancelled or postponed in some Waikato schools after an outbreak of the measles.
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Four fruity festivals
Small town New Zealand does wonderful and whacky to keep up our winter spirits.
Test city abuzz for world record match
Tonight's sell-out test between the All Blacks and England is predicted to draw one of the biggest event crowds Hamilton has ever experienced, bar owners say.
'Genuinely fearful' worker gets $16K
A barber was "genuinely fearful" of remaining in the presence of an employer who regularly made fun of him and told him "I hate white people".
Measles epidemic growing in Hamilton
Hamilton's measles epidemic is growing with 53 cases confirmed including one where the person was fully immunised.
Baby's condition critical
A baby has been taken from a Hamilton property to Waikato Hospital in a serious to critical condition and police are investigating what happened at the property.
Muslim woman has MP hopes
New Zealand could soon have its first female Muslim politician in Parliament.
Students banned after measles outbreak
Measles outbreaks have forced two large Hamilton schools to quarantine students and cancel or postpone all sporting, cultural and academic trips for the rest of the term. One has postponed its school ball.
Drunk boy: Defence 'beyond belief'
A judge has dismissed a Hamilton woman’s defence that a young boy’s mother gave him alcohol and not her as “beyond belief”.
Drunk boy: One in trio pleads guilty
One of three people charged with supplying a nine year old boy with alcohol in Hamilton earlier this year was already in jail by the time his case came up.
Police catch man jumping from burning building
Two Hamilton police officers are being praised for catching a man who leapt from the second floor of a burning building.
Toddler found sleeping in car footwell
Police are warning parents to buckle in children after a toddler was discovered asleep in the footwell of a car and two siblings unrestrained on the back seat.
Bystander saves teenager from assault
Police are praising a bystander who saved a teenager being assaulted in a bus station from further injury when he intervened to pull off the attacker.
School upset teacher has to leave
A Scottish Rudolf Steiner preschool teacher has been denied another temporary work visa by Immigration New Zealand because he is taking the job of a New Zealander.
Hamilton victim of prank
Megatron could be the newest nickname for Hamilton if public and council reaction to new tongue-in-cheek billboards at the entrances to the city are anything to go by.
Teen players caught stealing in Japan
Rugby players from a top school have been caught shoplifting at a world championship in Japan.
Man tries to drag woman into bushes in broad daylight
A woman was grabbed by a man who tried to drag her into bushes in broad daylight as she was walking around a Waikato lake, police say.
Wintry weekend, especially in south
Severe rain and wind warnings and a drop in temperatures have been issued for parts of the South Island and lower North Island this weekend.
Dream path from Burmese jail to NZ tertiary education
Learning English was just a dream for Ye Tun Oo, let alone being able to start a degree in an English-speaking country.
Female jogger attacked
A female jogger was attacked in Hamilton on Wednesday night and police are appealing for help to find the offenders.
Hamilton: Up the garden path
From flowers to knitted veges, Hamilton is a garden city, writes Danielle Wright.