Latest from Waikato

Truck crossed centreline in fatal crash

Police are appealing for the driver of a white utility vehicle to come forward after a man was killed when a car and truck collided in rural Waikato today.

Measles claims 8 victims in Waikato outbreak

An outbreak of the measles virus has hit the Waikato with eight confirmed cases and a further three possible cases reported.

Toddler pulled from hot springs

A 3-year-old boy has been discharged from Waikato Hospital after he was found floating face-down in a pool.

Air freshener can explodes in man's face

A 20-year-old man remains in hospital today after being hit in the mouth by an exploding air freshener.

Bad legal advice costs firm more than $1m

A law firm must reimburse a deceased Waikato farmer's estate more than $1 million to make good on financial losses.

Motorists dob in dangerous truck driver

Waikato police are praising the actions of motorists who dobbed in a truck driver seen swerving all over a state highway.

Woman killed in Waikato crash

A woman has died and another has serious injuries after a car rolled in Waikato about 1am today.

Milk tanker, car collide

Emergency services were called to the scene at the intersection of Margaret St and Tirau St in Putaruru at 8pm.

Zapped by 14,000V: Road to recovery

Peter Bradbury's survival - he crawled 75m to his house before waiting up to eight days for help - is nothing short of miraculous.

'I didn't realise it would be the last kiss'

One of the last things Ocean Heke did before she died was hug and kiss the mother of one of her oldest friends.

Teen 'was always smiling'

A 17-year-old girl who died as a result of a motor vehicle incident on Otorohanga's main street was found lying on the grass outside a house where a party had been.

Investment adviser admits to $1.4m fraud

A financial adviser with clients in the Waikato and the Bay of Plenty has pleaded guilty in the Tauranga District Court to a $1.4 million fraud.

Taupo: Here's looking at you kid ...

Miriyana Alexander checks out a luxury lodge that's luring celebs to New Zealand.

Kia Ora: Owhango

Formerly a mill town, the area was surveyed in the 1880s, in 1903 the main trunk line came through and the school was opened in 1904, the same year the phone line was brought in.

Baby Dino joining big balloons

The world's biggest princess carriage and a giant race car are taking to the Waikato skies.

Woman jailed for drug driving death crash

A 37-year-old woman who crashed her car and killed a woman while high on methamphetamine has been jailed.

'It was shot right above my son's head'

A Morrinsville mum whose three children were on a school bus when it was shot at says it was "bloody scary".

Hamilton and Waikato: Underground rock stars

Deep beneath the Earth's surface the magical sight of thousands of glow-worms makes the cave ceiling twinkle.