Young Putāruru netball sisters inspired by meeting their idols
Primary school netballers Myriah and Scarlet Henare met Magic and Mystic captains.
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S**** towns? No way - a charming road-trip through small-town New Zealand
Finding the beauty in the small, the rural and the unexpected.
Six injured, 2 critically, in SH1, South Waikato, crash
One person is trapped and others injured in the two-car crash near Putaruru.
Sixty sawmill staff lose their jobs, told over Christmas holidays
Putaruru sawmill goes into receivership owing up to $3m with 60 job losses.
One in 36 million: Bone marrow giving Jesse a chance some don't get
Jesse Whare is one of the lucky ones - she has a match. Others are still waiting.
Tokoroa air quality improving but still not up to scratch: Report
Tokoroa is unlikely to meet national environmental standards next year.
Former railway line a mere gouge in a hillside
The former line of the railway between Turakina and Fordell is gone - but not forgotten.
Putaruru police find missing woman
Fiona Henderson has been found after going missing this morning.
He was shot point-blank in the head. He's finally met the man who saved his life.
Matthew Purchase is still as sharp-witted as he was before being shot in the head in 2007.
SH1 reopens following Putaruru fatal crash
Emergency services were called to the crash on SH1 around 12.50pm.
Sh*t Towns of New Zealand: NZ's Worst 'Big Things'
Anonymous authors' scatalogical slagging of pretty much the whole country is now a book.
Dad flies to Zimbabwe to retrieve 11-year-old son
Putaruru man James Way sought police help to fly to Zimbabwe to bring his son home.
Local Focus: Aerial 1080 drops opposed in Mamaku
Residents say they understand that the science. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
The humble town with New Zealand's hottest property market
Home values in the town of 6800 people jumped more than 25 per cent over past year.
Funds for poisoned Putaruru family to go to their children
The remaining funds raised for the family poisoned last year to be released within a week.
Police swarm Waikato marae after reports of shooter
Armed police officers converge on a rural Waikato marae after false reports of a shooting.
Poisoned family may get ACC after all
Doctor provides game changer for the severely poisoned Waikato family.
Two members of botulism family discharged
Physically they are recovering well, but woman still in hospital struggling emotionally.
Sick Waikato family: Daughter 'missing her parents badly'
Relatives of Waikato family hospitalised after eating wild boar fly in from India.
Family who dined on toxic boar remain gravely ill
Family are flying in from India to be at the bedside of a stricken family.
Three people left in vegetative state after eating suspected poisoned wild boar
The family tucked into a meal of wild pig. Now they are fighting for their lives.
'They should be shot': 'S***tiest towns' mayors hit back
The mayors of two more towns that feature on 'Shit Towns of New Zealand' have hit back
'S**t Towns of NZ' creator receives death threats
It seems the people of Cromwell don't like being called a 'mistake'.
Controversial Blue Spring application withdrawn
An application to pull 6.9m litres of water a day from the Blue Spring has been withdrawn.
NZ Pure Blue: Concerns surface on jobs
SWDC concerns about the NZ Pure Blue Springs application have surfaced.
Company taking water owned mainly abroad
NZ Pure Blue Springs reveals Chinese and Australian investors own 61 per cent between them
Watch NZH Local Focus: 'Don't bottle the Blue Spring' petition grows
Locals upset but Mayor supports the plan. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Watch NZH Local Focus: 'Don't bottle the Blue Spring' petition grows
Locals upset but Mayor supports the plan. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Putaruru crash victim named
Police have named the man killed when a vehicle rolled on SH1 yesterday.
Truck overturns after being diverted around prior crash
Truck crashes while following diversion route set up due to previous crash in Putaruru.
Watch NZH Local Focus: 'People come into our district' - South Waikato Mayor ready for growth
Recent report predictions that rural districts may see a population decline in years to come is being rebutted by the South Waikato which has had 1.3% population rise in the last year. - Made with funding from NZ On Air
'People don't just vanish'
They gathered at remote town hall to watch the Chiefs' semifinal hopes being dashed. Hours later, mother-of-three Kim Richmond was gone.
Dead crayfish a mystery
Water sampling has failed to reveal what killed hundreds of crayfish in Waikato.
Man falls 9m while getting ball from tree
A 21-year-old man suffered a broken jaw and cut to his head this evening when he fell 9m from a tree while trying to recover a rugby ball.