Crowds gathered and bagpipe music played as a hearses containing the bodies were driven from the burnt remains of the house where three people died.

A passer-by is being hailed a hero after he jumped over a fence and repeatedly whacked a dog with a broom stick to stop it from attacking its owner.

Police are calling for witnesses to a fatal crash between a cyclist and courier van at an intersection near Hillcrest this morning.

New Zealand could soon have its first female Muslim politician in Parliament.

A judge has dismissed a Hamilton woman’s defence that a young boy’s mother gave him alcohol and not her as “beyond belief”.

A woman who was hit by a car in Hamilton early this morning has died of her injuries.

An 18-year-old man was due to appear in Hamilton District Court this morning following the stabbing of two teenagers in Hamilton yesterday morning.

A scrub fire has forced a halt to train traffic outside Hamilton.

A Hamilton bistro has been destroyed by a fire today, devastating its owners.

Daymion Koroheke was waiting for a pizza on Christmas Eve when he heard a loud gunshot and felt searing pain in his back.

A Hamilton business owner is in an induced coma after being attacked on Friday evening when he tried to break up a drunken argument.

A body recovered from the Waikato River yesterday has been formally identified as missing Australian Paul Arber.

A body recovered from the Waikato River today was found by a group of teenage rowers from Hamilton Girls High School, police say.

Hamilton mayor Julie Hardaker says people are over the fluoridation issue and just want decisions made about their drinking water.

A forensic examination into the suspicious death of a teenage girl in Hamilton yesterday has raised more questions than it has answered, police say.

A young pilot is in "deep shock" after crashing a light plane into another shortly after take off this morning on his very first solo flight.

A woman and her young nephew had a lucky escape after their home caught fire, causing severe damage to almost half the house.

Waikato's Ukrainian community, supported by the region's European community gathered in Hamilton for a protest on Saturday. At the protest, they sang the Ukrainian National Anthem "Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia" - "The glory and freedom of Ukraine has not yet perished". Video / Danielle Zollickhofer