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One of the bullets fired by a man charged with wounding four police officers shattered the sights of a rifle being held by an officer, a court has been told.

The trial of a man accused of shooting and wounding four police near Kawerau last year has been adjourned before any evidence was heard.

Two people have been killed in a crash between a car and a truck in the central North Island.

A man who escaped police custody in Waikato has been rearrested.

A man is on the run after escaping from police at Waikato Hospital yesterday.

Two people had to be rescued from the Raglan Harbour this afternoon after the small boat they were in overturned.

Four teenagers have been arrested by the AOS in Hamilton following a spate of robberies and ram raids.

One man has died at a rural property in Waikato after an accident with farming equipment early this evening.

Police divers have discovered a body in their search for a missing swimmer in Lake Karapiro.

Two people who lived in a house damaged by fire in Waikato are believed to have been away from the property when the blaze broke out.

A search for a man missing at Lake Karapiro has so far failed to find him.

A six-year-old boy is in a serious but stable condition in Waikato Hospital after he was hit by a trailer being towed by an SUV.

Methamphetamine dealers in Waikato are targeting wealthier families to make more money, a drug rehabilitation worker says.

A person died and another was injured in a crash on State Highway 3 in Awakino.

The family of a mentally ill man who drowned while in the care of the Waikato DHB say a report on the incident is a whitewash.

Heavy rain has caused a big slip on a Northland road and downpours are on the way for other parts of the North Island and the Kaikoura coast.

A review by the Waikato DHB into its care of a man who killed three people, including his mother, in October has been completed but won't be released until discussed with family of the victims.

A five-year-old girl who went missing last night was found cold and upset at a central Hamilton car yard.

The flatmate of three young people who died in a Hamilton house fire has told a court of how he desperately tried to alert them to the danger.

A woman has pleaded guilty to assault following a racial attack on a Muslim woman in Huntly on Saturday.

It is not known whether smoke detectors were working at a house fire where three people died, an inquest has been told.

The Federation of Islamic Associations will investigate a racist attack on a Muslim woman in a Waikato town to see how widespread the problem is, its president says.