Waikato

One man died and four others received minor injuries following a two-car crash on SH25 near Te Puru on 27 December.

An officer was forced to jump out of the way as the truck and trailer carried on through the investigation area.

A section of State Highway 1 at Piarere has reopened following a serious crash this morning.

Seven young people have been arrested after a night of disorder in Raglan, police say.

They still want anyone with information to do the right thing and come forward.

The last time Melissa Adams Mills heard from her brother, he told her his tyres had been slashed. Now his family fear he's been forgotten.

A handful of crashes have slowed traffic throughout the country as many return home from holiday travels.

The agency was not working with the family when the baby died - but has not said whether it has been involved in the past.

Diversions were in place and drivers should avoid the area, police said.

A man has been charged with murder and attempted murder after an incident in Fairfield on New Year's Day.

Neighbours describe keeping other children at the scene warm until police arrived.

Police have found and arrested Damon Anderson, who fled custody during a visit to Waikato Hospital on 23 December.

Waikato police have been granted special permissions allowed in periods of gang conflict, following the death of a woman after a brawl in Ngāruawāhia.

Hamilton business Greenleaf Fresh is being put into voluntary administration. It is the company behind Greengrower, a vertical farm operation that received $3.5 million in public funding.

Sir John Gallagher, a major shareholder and director of Gallagher Holdings, has been recognised in the New Year Honours for services to business, education, philanthropy and the community.

Acting Detective Inspector Andy Saunders said someone who was at the fight knows who is responsible.

St John says a person has been taken to Waikato Hospital in a moderate condition.

Police in Waikato offered more in reward money earlier this year than they have spent in their search for Tom Phillips and his children.

There are lengthy delays on a major road on the Coromandel Peninsula after a fatal crash.

The Waikato man had failed to arrive in Huntly as expected, after leaving his Ōtorohanga home about noon on Christmas Day.