Waikato

The pair say the stolen money was spent on drug debts, vehicles, rent and tangihanga.

After being punched, hit with a chair, and strangled, Te Waiariki Grace stabbed her partner once, fatally slicing his heart.

The contingency measures include plans to move patients to Rotorua Hospital if staff shortages forced Taupō's clinic to close. Audio

When her late husband's ute was stolen, an entire community jumped in to help Sharyn - but not the police.

One person has died after a two-vehicle crash in Hamilton.

The holiday park only attracts up to 250 visitors a year and is costing ratepayers $30,000 a year.

Ngakau Hailey loved his whānau and put his heart and soul into whatever he did, his grandmother says.

The occupant of the house in Hamilton also received life-threatening injuries in the crash, police say.

The 20-year-old entered the court room in a blue prison suit with an obvious limp.

A person has died after a serious crash in the Hamilton suburb of Whitiora on Wednesday.

Armed police are at the scene and people are urged to call 111 if they see any suspicious activity.

The 26-year-old was crowned the 57th FMG Young Farmer of the Year on Saturday evening after the final event in Invercargill.

A man's girlfriend became so enraged at seeing him in a recent photo with his family that she waited outside a school for his wife and then followed her in the car.

Releasing water into the river creates additional capacity within the region's hydroelectric system.

Genesis Energy says it is "actively exploring" new generation for the Huntly Power Station amid concerns about the country's energy security.

Police would like to speak to a man who was seen wearing a white hooded sweatshirt on a bicycle.

"It'll take not only the thief's life but the surroundings as well," one petrol station owner says.

The Northern Mystics have beaten the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic for the second time in a week but this time it was more decisive.

A Sydney-Hamilton flight was delayed nearly 90 minutes after low visibility caused two go-arounds on approach.