Waikato

Many roads are damaged and impassable across Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty, while the Coromandel Peninsula has been cut off. We bring you details about the roads.

One person is dead after a crash between a horse and vehicle on State Highway 2 in Waikato.

Hamilton City Council expects the development of industrial land will help the city through any national economic downturn this year.

Three children missing with their father for a year may be feeling anxious about being isolated from other family members for so long, a clinical psychologist says.

A man has died in a 'water-related incident' in the Coromandel Peninsula holiday town of Whangamatā.

Police said they found hammers, a machete and a bag of coins inside the vehicles.

The vehicle was stopped with a "tactical manoeuvre", police said, before it crashed into a fence and caused a fire.

What was meant to be a grand return to business has become another nightmare for the tourism sector after a wet start to the year.

Four young people have been arrested after police said they fled through South Auckland and into Hamilton.

A former teacher targeted the homes of vulnerable elderly people to steal their bank cards and wallets, to spend their money on groceries, alcohol, and cigarettes.

More than 100 claims have been lodged for earthquake damage following the magnitude 5.1 quake in northern Waikato earlier this month.

The main road that leads from Thames to Coromandel has been shut due to an unstable cliff.

Twelve people - mostly children and teenagers - have been arrested after a service station robbery near Hamilton.

Police are looking for a person in relation to the theft of dangerous chemicals from Waikato Hospital.

Police say the chemicals could blind people, burn their skin or even degrade their bones.

Cyclone Hale has made landfall with gale-force winds, 6m swells on the coast and heavy rain, and caused road closures, slips and flooding across several regions.

Police are asking for sightings of two vehicles travelling in the area around the time a meter reader was critically injured in Waikato last week.

Police said the group's offending spanned several months.

Police are seeking help from the community following an assault in Hamilton yesterday.

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