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Two high-speed police pursuits took place in Waikato earlier tonight, one of which had at least three police cars chasing a fleeing driver.

A body pulled from the Waikato River in Hamilton today has been identified as a man missing since Saturday after trying to swim across the river.

Police in Hamilton say a search of the Waikato River continues for a man who disappeared while trying to swim across it.

Police are seeking witnesses to a fatal motorcycle crash that killed a 14-year-old boy near the Huntly power station last night.

A central Hamilton bridge has reopened after a man was helped down from under the bridge's road structure.

A Whanganui man has pleaded guilty to a passport offence in relation to convicted murderer and sex offender Phillip Smith. Audio

The Brazilian woman who helped with the arrest of killer Phillip Smith will soon be holidaying in New Zealand, courtesy of a Nelson lawyer. Audio

Nearly 13,000 complaints about dangerous driving were made to the police over the Christmas-New Year holiday period.

Two people have been taken to hospital after a three-car crash in Waikato. One woman had to be cut from her car.

Police say the death of a Waikato farmer who died after crashing his quad bike and falling into a drain less than a kilometre from home is a tragedy.

A top New Zealand-based heart surgeon has been arrested and released at Singapore's border in a case of mistaken identity.

Sheep and cattle rustlers in Waikato are selling the animals they steal on the black market, according to Federated Farmers.

Police say the death of a teenage girl on the Coromandel Peninsula who was paddle-boarding came after a tragic set of circumstances.

A vehicle involved in a hit-and-run in Whangamata last night is being sought after a woman was clipped as she walked along the road.

Police in Waikato are trying to figure out what happened after a girl drowned after becoming trapped under a boat in the Whangamata Harbour.

Aftershocks have been continuing to shake Cantabrians after this morning's magnitude 6.0 earthquake. Audio

A man has been accused of filming a young girl showering at a Waikato camping ground, and the police say others may also have been videod.

Two road crashes - one in Waikato and the other in Wairarapa - last night left four people seriously injured.

NZTA says it is not aware of any moves to restrict vehicle access to beaches, despite a spate of beach accidents in the past two days - two of them fatal.

A man has died in a three-car crash in Hamilton, bringing the holiday road toll to 13 - nearly double last year's total.

A man who escaped from a Waikato prison last week has been remanded in custody while another prisoner, who escaped in Lower Hutt, is still evading capture.

Three people have been rescued after their boat capsized trying to cross the Kawhia Bar, south of Raglan in Waikato.

The year drew to a sad close in Hamilton with the deaths of four young people in house fires in November alone. Andrew McRae reports on the region's highs and lows.