Police are tonight still trying to identify a woman whose burning body was on the side of the road in Waikato overnight.

Police are appealing for help identifying the body of a young woman found on fire near Huntly last night.

The family of a pregnant woman who was killed when her epileptic partner drove at speed into a Hamilton car yard are angry he has escaped a jail sentence. Riki Kelly admitted he had not taken his medication three days before the crash.

Dairy giant Fonterra has been given permission to sue the owners of the Tamahere coolstore that exploded in 2008 for $25m worth of cheese that it lost in the blaze. The blast killed one firefighter and injured seven others.

Tropical systems Vania and Zelia will merge as they head for New Zealand from different directions.

An 11-year-old boy received serious burns after petrol from a lawnmower exploded in the sleepout where he and a teenager were sleeping.

Four whales stranded at Port Waikato yesterday are to be buried in sand dunes just metres from where they lay.

Four adult whales have died after beaching themselves at Port Waikato but Conservation Department staff have successfully refloated a fifth.

Police have named the prisoner found dead at Waikeria Prison in Waikato and say ill health may have contributed to his death.

Police are investigating the death of a prisoner at Waikeria Prison near Te Awamutu last night.

Fine dining is found to exist in a place popularly called 'the Tron'.

Drive down SH39 from Ngaruawahia to Otorohanga and you'll pass a prominent sign pointing to a small, relatively unknown coastal settlement called Kawhia.