Waikato Expressway extension: Ministers visit future site of Cambridge to Piarere section of $1.77b road
“State Highway 1 between Cambridge and Piarere is a critical freight and economic link connecting Auckland, Waikato and…
Budget 2026 live Q&A: Audrey Young, Liam Dann and Jenée Tibshraeny answer your questions
Finance Minister Nicola Willis has delivered her third Budget, with schools, hospitals and Waikato motorists emerging as the…
Budget 2026: Schools and hospitals win, banks get surprise tax, Nicola Willis gets to surplus, and launches super-sized attack on NZ First and Labour for ‘robbing’ Kiwis under 50
The biggest winner of all may be the Government itself, which, against expectations, has managed to present a…
Health NZ expands Waikato forensic mental health capacity with 10 new beds
“Around 13% of the region’s prison population is on the forensic mental health caseload, one of the highest…
Tauranga dialysis ‘crisis’ forces mother to travel to Waikato Hospital for months
“We’re barely coping … “ She believed she probably could have kept working if she could be treated…
Charlie Simonsen-Kemp jailed after impersonating police to fool teen girls
Simonsen-Kemp knew a jail term was likely but the judge had to decide how much longer he should…
Hydrochloric acid spill closes South Waikato road after tanker crash
Fire crews from Tokoroa and Rotorua attended with a support unit from Putāruru. They were unsure of the…
Person dead, State Highway 25 near Waitakaruru closed after crash
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Renata Leaf set fire to his father’s Waikato Kāinga Ora home, stood by and watched it burn
Today, Leaf appeared in the Hamilton District Court via audio-visual link from the Grace Foundation. At the hearing,…
Police find 8.5g of meth after man flees during search at Te Aroha, Waikato
“During the search, the man fled on foot along Terminus St. Officers pursued him and witnessed him allegedly…
One person dead after Waikato Expressway crash near Pōkeno, SH1 southbound lanes blocked
“There were two cars in front of me and a truck, and we all had to swerve out…
Whanganui mother’s headstone robbed of $300 worth of crystals, daughter devastated
She remembered her being a “fun, vibrant woman” who had an eye for beautiful things and loved her…