Waikato

Mongrel Mob men carrying out their own search for two of their "brothers" lost in Kaimanawa Forest for nearly a week say their information is being ignored by police.

Conditions are treacherous in Kaimanawa Forest Park, where two men have been missing since the weekend, a search and rescue coordinator says. Audio

A plan to link Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga has been unveiled by transport lobby group Greater Auckland, which wants government backing. Audio

Ngāti Maniapoto iwi has signed an agreement in principle for the government to potentially pay $165 million to redress Treaty breaches.

The Army has joined the search for two men lost in rugged bush in Tongariro National Park.

Two teenagers armed with a hammer and a tomahawk raided three petrol stations in under an hour overnight.

A gunman who remains at large in Waikato has been urged to surrender and not implicate his family and associates.

Two girls accused of murdering a Hamilton man last month have been granted name suppression.

The man accused of murdering another man in Te Awamutu last month has pleaded not guilty to the charge.

A gunman is still on the loose after police targeted a house in the Waikato town for four hours, without success. Audio

Police say the discovery in the search for the two men, who had fled from them on the Desert Road, is consistent with hypothermia. Audio

An 18-year-old who died in Hamilton overnight had failed to stop for an officer, police say.

The search for two men who fled police in a stolen car and are believed to be lost in the Tongariro National Park ended today without success.

An armed police cordon around part of Morrinsville remained in place overnight, after a gunman shot at police on Sunday morning.