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Bill Burr says he had to fight for his life after he was assaulted during a home invasion by two teens in 2020 and he has no regrets about how the day panned out.

Waikato police are investigating after a meter-reader was found critically injured in Kihikihi yesterday.

Wild weather has closed roads, cutting power and bringing down slips. Audio

Hundreds of homes are without power and campgrounds are emptying fast in Te Tai Tokerau amid non-stop rain and wind. Audio

Two people died after a vehicle hit a tree in the Far North town of Ahipara.

The High Court in Hamilton has ordered two men charged with selling drugs and participating in organised crime not to sell $1.9 million worth of assets.

The main route into Raglan has now reopened after a car crash brought down power lines on State Highway 23.

RNZ's In Depth team has published some of the most significant investigative stories and profile pieces of 2022 - here's some that you might have missed.

Police were called to the scene of the single-vehicle crash about 7.45pm.

Police are urging swimmers not to use floatation devices on the Waikato River after two people had to be rescued over 24 hours.

Emergency services are responding to a crash on State Highway 30 that has left four people seriously injured.

Police have named the person who died following a car fire on State Highway 3 on Boxing Day.

Two people have been airlifted to hospital, following separate crashes in Southland and Whitianga.

A person who was critically injured in a car fire in Taranaki this morning has died in hospital.

Thunderstorms are forecast for much of the upper North Island this evening.

The children and youths behind the ram raid rampage of 2022 learned about violence in their homes and were partly driven by the adrenaline rush, and the notoriety of posting themselves on TikTok.

The highways are starting to fill up as holidaymakers hit the road, and crashes have slowed the flow of traffic.

A gynaecologist who performed an STI test on a woman during a date while she was intoxicated and recorded himself performing sex acts on her at his clinic has been suspended.

A Hamilton youth organisation manager says more measures need to be put in place to help troubled young people rather than just having an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. Audio

Retailers are in a heightened state of anxiety in the lead-up to Christmas following a spate of crimes, including shots being fired at police, Waipa mayor Susan O'Regan says. Audio

Four youths have been arrested and police are looking for more people in connection to several incidents of commercial burglary in the Waikato District in the early hours of this morning.