Police were analysing reported offences to look for both investigative and prevention opportunities and encouraged rural communities to keep their property secure.

An 11-month-old girl is fighting for her life after being run over by a small truck in a Paeroa driveway this afternoon.

Four Auckland men who allegedly travelled to Hamilton and carried out a ram-raid of a city motorbike store were caught by police before making it back over the Bombays.

Three pedestrians have died after five separate fatal crashes this Anzac weekend, prompting police to lament drivers failing to heed basic safety messages.

A 20-year-old man is in a serious but stable condition after sustaining burns while adding petrol to a fire last night, a Waikato Hospital representative said.

A body has been found on the Waikato Expressway at Mercer early this morning.

The death of a rural paper delivery driver who was not wearing a seatbelt should be a warning to other delivery drivers, Waikato Police said.

A bystander was bashed in the head with a pillowcase stuffed with a rock or brick after catching a burglar in the act in Paeroa last night.

A New Zealand Herald delivery driver could have survived an early morning crash today if he had been wearing his seatbelt, police say.

A Waikato farm development company - Dairy Solutionz - will open a 117ha, 300-cow demonstration dairy in the Narino region of south Colombia tomorrow.

Michelle Coursey finds the ideal way to get away from it all in the peaceful haven that is Kawhia.

Explore the River Trails, embrace the lake and let the young ones play freely while you unwind — this is old school cool, says Elisabeth Easther.

Animal care workers in Morrinsville have been left dumbfounded after a cat and its kittens were found covered in human faeces.

A driver is is dead and at least two other people are injured after a three-car crash in Eastern Waikato today.

Waikato police are appealing for motorists to slow down after eight crashes in the district since 8am today.

Elisabeth Easther goes to the birds.

The public are being warned to stay away from two men with a history of violence who have escaped from a Waikato mental health facility.

The family of a toddler who almost drowned after falling into an effluent trap have thanked the public for all their "love and support".

A man who died after crashing his car into a tree in the Waikato on Thursday morning has been named by police.

A 16-year-old youth was seriously injured after the car he was in rolled in a Waikato paddock.

Two people have been arrested after allegedly stealing motorbikes worth tens of thousands of dollars from a Waikato business.

A man who died after crashing his car into a tree in the Waikato was not wearing a seatbelt, police say.

A teenage German tourist has today admitted careless driving after a crash on the West Coast caused by his driving on the wrong side of the road.

A man suffered from serious internal injuries after he was involved in a motorcycle accident last night.

Danielle Wright introduces her children to golfing holidays in Taupo.

Images from the Balloons Over Waikato event, which runs until this Sunday.

The family of a man whose body was found in the Waikato River have made a precedent-setting plea for legal funding to investigate his death.