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There has been a dramatic bus crash in Hamilton this morning.

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Police want to hear from potential witnesses after an alleged sex attack in Hamilton.

A bronze sculpture of a baby southern rhinoceros was unveiled at Hamilton Zoo today - exactly one year after curator Samantha Kudeweh

A Hamilton mayoral candidate has apologised for a mistake-ridden profile written in Te Reo Maori that was put together using Google Translate.

In a New Zealand first, the DHB has set up the Blood Management Service which sees a patient's blood analysed and potentially boosted if needed.

Husband of zoo curator Samantha Kudeweh who died in tiger attack last year says Hamilton City Council's $38,000 fine 'is a joke'.

People are stealing hand sanitiser from Waikato Hospital to get an alcohol fix with numerous reports of Sterigel theft in the last three years.

A Waikato regional councillor found guilty of breaching the council's code of conduct twice in two weeks apologised in a tongue-and-cheek

Nanaia Mahuta's husband is the latest family member to put his hat in the ring for the upcoming elections.

A man has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after a pylon collapsed where a new pole is being put in for an expressway.

A Waikato woman was arrested in October and accused of creating fake CVs so that Filipinos could work in New Zealand.

A Waikato crash has claimed a life this morning.

Police divers will search lakes in the area where a Waikato woman was reported missing.

The slaughterman whose cruel mistreatment of bobby calves was caught on camera has avoided jail.

The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to the Hakarimata Summit Track around 1 pm after the teenager tripped and fell while going down the steps.

Firefighters are battling a "well-involved" house fire near Ngaruawahia.

After rugby training, teen Dylan Fynn came home, downed his nachos and calmly announced at the family dinner table: "I nearly died today."

A Waikato school has been abruptly closed for the day today after receiving a "physical threat".

A man brandishing a metal hammer attacked a woman inside her car after she stopped on the side of the road to adjust her radio, police say.

The man whose body was found in a cardboard bale last week likely died in a tragic accident, police say.

One person has died in Waipa after a truck and an SUV collided on State Highway 39 earlier this evening.

Te Kauwhata College principal Deborah Hohneck said it had been a game between friends which went too far.

Long-serving Waikato MP Lindsay Tisch will leave Parliament after next year's election.

A smart new way to speed up honey production is one of many innovations to be seen at this week's Fieldays.

12 Waikato high school students have made the 40 Hour Famine even harder for themselves by camping out at McDonald's while they fast for the good cause.

The road between Raglan and Hamilton is blocked tonight after a fatal road crash.

Routine police stop turns into special delivery as cop races to get woman in labour to hospital.

Man caught mistreating bobby calves, after animal welfare groups released video, pleads guilty to charges.