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Police mounted a major operation in Hamilton this morning after they were given what turned out to be false information that a woman and baby had been abducted.

A woman has died after a motorcycle and a ute crashed on State Highway 99, near the Southland town of Wallacetown.

A woman died when the quad bike crash she was riding with two other people it rolled down a bank into a stream.

A 28-year-old man has been charged after a repeated stabbing put another man in a critical condition Paeroa last night.

Police were justified in shooting dead a Thames man who covered his body in mud, pointed his gun at cars and said he wanted to be shot, the IPCA has found.

A woman whose body was found in the Waikato River last night had been playing with her two dogs on the river bank before she died.

A woman's body has been found in the Waikato river, near Ann Street in Hamilton.

The condition of a man left critically injured after he was stabbed by his son in his Otorohanga home two weeks ago has improved.

A man has died after a light plane crash at the Matamata airfield.

A teenage girl has died and another person has serious injuries after a quad bike crash in Kāwhia in Waikato.

Māori support is being voiced for Te Puea Marae chairman Hurimoana Dennis, who is set to face a charge of kidnapping.

A stand off between those for and against abortion has led to a call to ban Voice for Life from protesting outside Thames Hospital. Audio

Many locals in Ngaruawahia appear to be welcoming a gang's crackdown on meth dealers, although some wonder what will come next. Video

A Ngaruawahia gang has given methamphetamine dealers until 6.30pm to leave the Waikato town - or else.

Dairy farmers are being urged to check their farms for hidden cameras after some Waikato farmers found them in their milking sheds.

A computer suite inside Paremoremo prison was administered by convicted murderer and child sex offender Phillip John Smith and was later found to contain pornography.

Waikato District Health Board has confirmed it will review how Ross Bremner, who killed three people and himself, was cared for by its mental health services.

A man who killed a prison officer has had 13 months added to his sentence after being involved in a stabbing of another inmate.

The Bremner fatal stabbing attack and allegations of underspending shows there is something 'not happening right' in Waikato mental health services, a newly elected DHB member says.

Mona Tuwhangai and Maurice O'Donnell should have been playing in a darts tournament this weekend, instead police are investigating their deaths.

Police are continuing to investigate an attack in Hamilton where a young woman was assaulted by two men dressed as clowns.

An elderly couple found dead alongside the body of fugitive Ross Bremner may have welcomed him into their home as a stranger, their whānau says. Video

Police have named the three people found dead at a rural King Country property, confirming one is wanted man Ross Bremner. Video

Police are looking for two men dressed as clowns who attacked a young woman in Hamilton overnight.