Ahead of the election, we find out what Kiwis want and need from their politicians.

Herald journalists Kirsty Johnston visits Huntly to talk to voters.

Police don't believe two overnight burglaries in Hamilton are linked to recent robberies.

The NZ Defence Force bomb squad destroyed a suspicious object in Huntly tonight.

Emergency services are responding to two separate car crashes at the moment.

Policeman uses pepper-spray on rampaging youths after attack in broad daylight.

Fitting town for Coaltown Blues performance. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

WWII veteran 94-year-old Bob Rowland's receiving well deserved recognition today.

A restored M41 Walker Bulldog tank will lead the Huntly dawn parade for the first time.

Knitters, young and old, are joining in a woolen tribute - Made with funding from NZ On Air

Earthworks will stop as winter approaches. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Earthworks will stop as winter approaches. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A pedestrian is in a serious condition after being hit by a ute in Huntly this morning.

A motorbike event led to back to back flights for the rescue helicopter.

Four teenagers have been arrested in connection with a series of robberies in the Waikato region

Travel is safer now, so fewer of us are dying in large-scale disasters, but climate change could reverse the trend.

One lane is closed following a crash between a motorcycle and car on SH1 in Huntly tonight.

It may be the digital age but libraries are coming to a street near you, and they need your books. Made with Funding from NZ On Air.

New Zealanders who make racist attacks could soon be charged with committing a hate crime, the Police Commissioner has revealed.

Former Whanganui mayor and broadcaster Michael Laws has come out on Facebook expressing his sympathy for the woman charged over a racially-motivated attack in Huntly.

A woman is facing charges of assault, assault with a weapon, and using offensive language after a video of Mehpara Khan being abused went viral.

A racially-motivated attack on a young Muslim New Zealander yesterday was of the more extreme kind but was not unique, the Islamic Women's Council says.

Watch: A young Auckland woman who was accosted and assaulted in what appears to be a racially-motivated attack has been "flooded" with support.

A video has emerged of what appears to be a racially-motivated attack on a New Zealand-born Muslim in Huntly.

The owner of Waingaro Dairy had only been running his store for four months when he became the victim of an armed robbery this week.

A Huntly man stabbed his brother because he was too slow doing the laundry.

Two men were remanded without plea on several charges relating to an alleged assault on two police officers in Huntly.

Bones in his face are broken but a Waikato police officer bashed on the job says his spirit remains intact.

Instead of wedding preparations, the fiancee of a cop who was attacked in Huntly, is at her partner's hospital bedside.

Three men wearing balaclavas and armed with metal bars made off with cash in a brazen robbery of a McDonald's drive-through restaurant in Huntly.