From flowers to knitted veges, Hamilton is a garden city, writes Danielle Wright.

Waitomo's 'starlit' caves spark Alex Robertson's curiosity.

Elisabeth Easther visits a small North Island town that's full of iron and ... more iron.

The Duke and Duchess meet locals in the town of Cambridge, in Waikato.

Ease into tramping with an overnighter at the Pinnacles Hut in the Coromandel, writes Andrew Laxon.

A South Waikato teacher has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing to children and supplying drugs to one at a maori immersion school.

The man who was killed in a crash involving multiple vehicles in Waikato has been named by police.

Elisabeth Easther falls in love with a slice of coastal paradise.

Between bites of Kawhia kai, pause to appreciate the small-town vibe of this coastal gem.

By this time next year, the first buildings could be going up in Wanaka's single-biggest commercial and residential development.

An elderly man who rolled a motorised bike while working on a Waikato farm was flown to hospital with moderate-to-serious injuries yesterday afternoon.

Two under-age Waikato teenagers have been arrested for the alleged burglary of a Leamington liquor store this morning.

A weed-spraying truck has crashed in Waikato, dumping up to 3000 litres of weed killer into a stream.

A man who died when his motorcycle and a car collided in Waikato at the weekend was part of a larger group returning to Auckland from a tour of the South Island.

A man is dead after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car in Waikato last night.

Over 100 people in Auckland, Waikato and the Lake Taupo area have been assessed for measles risk.

A gang member wanted on several charges has been arrested after spending eight months on the run, police say.