Twelve staff in Hamilton were stood down on Tuesday morning.

Hamilton East is to get its tallest building so far including luxury apartments.

Rotorua and Waikato values indicate brakes being applied on prices as headwinds bite.

The Ministry of Health has released two new locations of interest this morning.

85 per cent of Waikato residents have had one jab as the region's Covid cases rise.

Cafe operators Jenny and Craig Fraser donate $75,000 to the gardens towards 2022 upgrade.

Tentative plan for Year 1-8 schoolchildren to return to class on November 15.

Concerns due to Te Awamutu's local outbreak of Covid-19 still however loom.

Marchers have been told they are not welcome in Waitangi by local Māori leaders.

Thirty three cases remain unlinked.

A two-week trial has been set down for October next year.

Experts say Covid community cases will continue to grow over the next few days.

An Auckland man without an exemption travelled to Hamilton on Saturday.

'We are not gangsters, neither have we been in contact with any gang members.'

The International Day of Rural Women recognised the critical role of women in rural areas.

As Delta spreads to the Waikato, we look closer at cases rising in Te Awamutu.

33-year-old Joshua Terrey was found dead in a Hamilton community centre garden.

DoC's new electronic infringement system led to 250 notices and 200 warnings

Visitor spend remains 'healthy' amid successive lockdowns

Covid-19 made a return to the South Island on Saturday as 104 community cases of Covid-19 were reported including two under 12's in Northland. Video / NZ Herald

People are being urged to regularly check the locations of interest list.

Maps will show residents new route in and out of the community.

The fire can be seen ripping through the multi-tenanted commercial premises in Tirau. Video / Supplied

Paths will link retirement villages and main destinations that people want to go to.

'Even now, it feels unreal – it's a lot to get our heads around,' say winning family.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unveiled the government's traffic light system on Friday. intended to replace Alert Level when a vaccination threshold has been reached. Video / Mark Mitchell / Alex Burton / Jed Bradley / Dean Purcell / Michael Craig

Works will see Ruakura become NZ's largest integrated development.

Large quantity of GBL also seized.

A new framework to manage Covid-19 will come into play with better vaccination rates.

There are a total 73 Covid-19 cases in the Waikato region.