Waikato

A Waikato man who claims he was giving cannabis free to elderly people for pain relief has been raided and charged by police.

Waikato Council has urged those who manage contaminants to be wary of breaches against the environment after legal action against a Hauraki farmer and a Matamata truck wash business.

The ending of a long-running health and fitness programme for young people in Waikato has upset one of the driving forces behind it and schools who had benefited.

Two-and-a-half-thousand returnees are experiencing Anzac Day in managed isolation, but some have still woken to a bugler.

Blacksmith Rob Pinkney has seen forge after forge close. He's now offering balcksmithing classes in the hope the craft can be saved.

Ōtorohanga District councillors voted on Tuesday to establish a Māori ward with only one councillor in opposition.

Grossly over-governed and desperately in need of reform is how the Waikato Chamber of Commerce views the region.

Ben Stubbs farms 650ha in the Waitomo area and auto-kill possum traps on his native bush block have nailed more than 800 possums this year.

Stags are roaring on Andrew Wellington's Waikato farm. It's an exhausting time of year for them - not only is it mating time but they're on patrol - constantly on the lookout for other stags.

A Waikato animal sanctuary is determined all 2000 battery hens will be adopted in its latest rescue.

The native bird which disappeared from the maunga in the 1990s is expected to number around 60 this year.

Lindsay Garmson has written a book on Coromandel's now defunct granite industry. Granite from Paritu Bay can be found in grand buildings throughout New Zealand and in most of our cemeteries.

Ben Stubbs killed 800 possums in his QE2 block just after Christmas. He earnt more for the fur from those animals than he did from his wool cheque off 2000 ewes. He says it makes you view road kill…

A rural GP says the nationwide bowel screening programme will miss the mark with his patient group and its success will be limited.