Waikato

The southern hemisphere's largest agricultural event is underway - farmers are flocking to Mystery Creek, near Kirikiriroa-Hamilton, for the first physical Fieldays in two years

Waikato district health board's IT systems are still not operating at full capacity, four weeks after they were hit by a cyber attack.

A Waikato iwi is asking the Hauraki District council to keep their word and decline an application by Waste Management to expand the Tirohia landfill site.

Investing in the Timber Trail would continue because it saves Maniaiti/Benneydale from becoming a ghost town, Waitomo District councillors decided last week in deliberations on the 10 Year Plan…

The government is hailing the opening of a third Alcohol and Drug Court as a way to improve offenders' lives.

Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate says she has noted with police an increased visibility of gangs in the area amid a crackdown on organised crime. Audio

Residents in a rural area on the southern edge of Hamilton are angry at a nine-month closure of their road, saying it will put their lives at risk.

Radiation therapy has resumed at Waikato Hospital, after disruptions caused by a major cyber attack last month.

One person has died after a crash on State Highway 3 in Te Mapara, Waitomo last night.

Matamata dairy farmer Tracy Brown is among a batch of Nuffield scholars taking a closer look at New Zealand agriculture with overseas travel out of the question due to Covid-19. The Nuffield programme…

Waikato Police are appealing for anyone with concerns over potential offending by jailed child sex offender Jared Lammas to come forward.

Waikato DHB has dismissed the idea that paying a ransom after its cyber attack would have been easier than having its entire computer system put out of action for such a long time.

A Hamilton woman has been banned from owning horses for a year, after her elderly Chestnut Gelding starved to death.

Radiation therapy for cancer patients is likely to be back on stream at the Waikato District Health Board by the middle of next week as it starts restoring its IT services.

New Zealand's largest dairy genetics company LIC says more and more farmers are choosing the sex of their calves. They don't want to put bobby calves on the truck so are happy to pay more so ensure…

The ransom demand for Waikato DHB's hacked data would likely be in the millions or even tens of millions of dollars, and only payable by cryptocurrency, a cyber-security expert says.