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Police in the Waipa District have arrested a 33-year-old, charged with indecently assaulting and intimidating a girl under the age of 12.

The level means a terrorist attack remains a realistic possibility, but no credible plots have been found.

"If people were to say this is not the language or decorum you expect from a mayor, I would take that criticism on the chin," says Len Salt.

A gun store owner believes licensed firearms owners are yet to register more than a million weapons in protest against the legislation.

A man has been charged after a road worker was critically injured when a vehicle sped through a work site in Waikato.

One website has recorded its lowest monthly figure in 16 years, but some regions are still bucking the trend.

The boat skipper who helped rescue a man who had been stranded at sea for nearly 24 hours says it was a case of right place, right time.

He was 68-year-old Peter James Kiely, from Hamilton.

Experts say five years ago the number of road deaths over the holidays could be counted on both hands.

A person is dead after a motorcycle crash north of Hamilton, and one has died after a car crashed into the water, closing a busy Coromandel Peninsula coastal highway.

Armed Offenders Squad members have arrested a man in Pōkeno after a firearms incident in Raglan, police say.

One person has died and another has been critically injured after Bay of Plenty crashes, near Rotorua, and south of Whakatāne.

A leader in farm safety is urging people to be cautious when using quad bikes.

Police have named the man who was found dead in a Hamilton driveway on Saturday.

A former detective inspector who oversaw securing the largest restraint of funds in New Zealand Police history - $140 million - is one of the officers receiving a New Year Honours.

A homicide investigation has been launched after a man was found dead in a Hamilton driveway overnight.

State Highway 1 has reopened after being blocked this afternoon north of Kaitāia after a milk delivery truck rolled, while people have died in crashes near Russell, and in Buller District.

Robbers are ditching vehicles for power tools as they change tack in their relentless bid to fleece goods from dairies and bottle stores.

A woman has died after a quad bike accident in Marokopa this afternoon.

Police are investigating a sudden death that occurred in Hamilton on Thursday afternoon.

One of the children remains in a critical condition after being hurt on a Te Kuiti driveway.

A truck has caught fire on the major highway, blocking all southbound lanes near Meremere.

A string of serious road crashes across the country has left three people dead in the past 24 hours.

Police are appealing for information after a stabbing at a meeting of street racers in Waikato over the weekend.

An illegal street racer gathering in Waikato was publicised on social media as a "Hamilton invasion" and attracted hundreds of people from outside of the region, police say. Audio