Waikato

A truck with chemicals on board has overturned on State Highway 1 near at Karapiro.

The police have charged a man after Work and Income staff were threated in Hamilton.

Police hope new information about the murder of a Waikato man 30 years ago means they are closer to catching the killer.

The closure of a 150-year-old engineering firm will have a "huge impact" on the town and there will be few similar jobs for those made redundant, a former worker says. Audio

Thames engineering firm A & G Price has gone into liquidation this afternoon, with the loss of about 100 jobs. Audio

A woman who was drunk and racially abused a Muslim woman in Huntly earlier this year has been sentenced to 12 months' supervision.

A top executive and the mother of a New Zealand crash victim have publicly clashed over the helicopters' safety. Audio

Police forensic teams are investigating the death of a man in the Waikato town of Te Awamutu on Sunday night.

A new genetic centre in Waikato hopes to overcome what scientists say is a lack of research in quantitative genetics in New Zealand.

Internationally acclaimed artist Graham Hoete, aka Mr G, is travelling around New Zealand painting murals on the walls of Farmlands stores. They tell the stories of the local area.

Police are treating the death of a man in rural Taupō as a homicide.

A man has been found dead with a gunshot wound at a house in Taupō.

A review into the Waikato District Health Board's care of a man who later killed three people and then himself in October last year has been completed, but won't be made public.

The 94-year-old man who was missing since yesterday has been found with minor injuries, police say.

A Waikato man accused of killing his partner and dumping her body in a lake has been granted bail with electronic monitoring.