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One person has died and a truck has plunged off a Waikato highway and caught fire, in a series of crashes last night and this morning.

The number of new students training to be school teachers has been falling despite good pay settlements last year.

A police operation targeting the Mongols motorcycle gang has resulted in seven further arrests and the seizure of more firearms.

With the possibility of a decision on the future of disputed land at Ihumātao coming as soon next week, RNZ Māori news director Māni Dunlop explains how the situation got to this point. Video, Audio

Fans should get used to a greater number of penalties in the early stages of Super Rugby Aotearoa as teams adjust to new rule interpretations but the end result should be a more open, free flowing…

A person is in a critical condition after being hit by a train in Matamata.

Jacinda Ardern has repeated her belief that what's happening in the United States is "horrifying" but stopped short of committing to raising it with the US Ambassador. Audio

This week, the police canned its controversial Armed Response Teams after plenty of critical coverage in the media - much of it drawing parallels with George Floyd’s killing in the US and the conduct…

Police have seized vehicles and more than $1.5 million in cash after search warrants were executed in Bay of Plenty, Waikato and Auckland yesterday.

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster is adamant there are no plans for police to roll out the use of sponge rounds to frontline officers. Audio

Armed Response Teams are dead in the water, with the new police commissioner reading the room when it comes to arming Kiwi cops. 

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.

Police have seized lollies, chocolates and baked goods infused with cannabis oil from a Hamilton address after investigating production and distribution of edible cannabis products.

Police should have just talked to the community in the first place about the now-scrapped Armed Response Teams, a councillor for Auckland's Manukau ward says. Audio

The woman who launched a petition urging police to scrap their Armed Response Team (ART) believes it put her job in jeopardy, but it was worth it now the squad has been axed for good. Audio

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster has today announced that Armed Response Teams will not be part of the New Zealand policing model in the future.

Waikato Police are asking for the public's help to find missing Hamilton teenager Freedom Davis.

Māori mothers of newborns involved with Oranga Tamariki say the child welfare system is dangerous, brutal and racist. Audio

Police are seeking public help in a murder investigation, after a man died in Hamilton last night.