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The installation of a median barrier on a notorious stretch of state highway has riled up locals.

The stripper who says members of the Chiefs touched her inappropriately has told Checkpoint with John Campbell she had to slam a man's head into the ground to "enforce that I meant no". Video

A man deported from Australia this month has been arrested after a burglary in Hamilton.

The police are urging motorists to be prepared as further snowstorms are expected overnight. Audio

Police want parents to know where their children are and what they are doing after 300 young people were involved in multiple fights in Dinosaur Park in Wānaka.

Two people are in a critical condition after a crash south of Hamilton this morning.

An inquest into the death of a mentally ill man shot and killed by police in Thames in 2015 has heard a doctor who treated him felt his condition was under control.

Hamilton's boxing community is grieving at the news an amateur fighter died during a bout.

The NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi says seven years ago it improved the road where five people lost their lives last night. Audio

A police officer unreasonably fired three warning gunshots near a fleeing driver, and another officer unreasonably kicked the driver, the IPCA has found.

An officer who struck a man four times while trying to remove him from a patrol car used excessive force, the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found.

Cybercrime is on the rise but, in the wake of the Waikato District Health Board ransomware attack, Anusha Bradley finds New Zealand's response to it is fragmented and victims rarely get justice.

One person has died and another is in a critical condition following a serious two-car crash on State Highway 3, south of Te Kuiti.

A man blackmailed another man he met through Tinder, threatening to tell his family about his sexual preferences, a court has heard.

A judge declined to jail or register Kate Gough despite her "predatory" offending, prompting some supporters of the victim to walk out of the court.

A third person has died following this morning's house fire on a dairy farm near Taupō.

Kerry Phillips was hit by a car and left on a verge only a few hundred metres away from where his brother was killed in a crash.

National Party MP Judith Collins is urging the government to crack down on gangs with illegal firearms by giving the police greater powers to raid gang homes. Audio

A hunter who has been missing in the central North Island's Kaimanawa Ranges since Saturday has been found safe and well.

The Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic shooting end will be tested when the ANZ Premiership resumes next week with Monica Falkner scratched for the whole season and her replacement stuck in Australia.