Waikato

A disaster relief fund has been set up for the Hauraki community of Kaiaua, which was devastated in last week's storm.

A dozen homes in the settlement of Kaiaua have been left uninhabitable by last week's storm.

Coromandel's Te Puru should be humming, but local businesses say they're losing customers from road repairs after last week's storm.

An elderly woman is dead after being found unresponsive in a pool at a house in Pauanui in Coromandel.

Hamilton police have released CCTV footage of an arsonist destroying a vehicle at a commercial address in the early hours of Monday morning. Video

A error by contractors has led to an unknown amount of wastewater entering Lake Taupō, with tests due this morning about the extent of the pollution.

Coastal Thames locals, frustrated with the response after last week's storm brought flooding, have brought their complaints to the Civil Defence Minister. Video, Audio

Police are looking for information after a service station employee was assaulted during a robbery in Hamilton.

The storm that hit the country last week packed "tremendous power", and was the worst seen in decades for areas of Waikato, residents say.

A fatal car crash has closed State Highway 27, north of Matamata.

Firefighters say they're disappointed by people behaving stupidly with fireworks overnight - including one case where people were launching them at a horse.

A man has been rescued after falling from a bridge north of Taupō this afternoon.

Police are urging Coromandel holiday makers to act responsibly after more than a dozen arrests in party hotspot Whangamatā last night.

There is no evidence a Waikato family who suffered paralysis were poisoned by wild boar, a medical officer of health says.

One year since Hamilton was declared homelessness-free, organisations working with those in need say the number is on the rise again.

A person has died after being hit by a truck in Hamilton and another pedestrian has been killed in Palmerston North.

An inquiry into the Waikato DHB's purchase of information technology services from a California-based company is being launched by the Auditor General's office.