Driving drunk wasn't the only bad decision a Waikato woman made - she also rear ended a cop car at a fast food drive-through before verbally abusing an officer.

First Union assistant general secretary Karl Andersen says the driver of a recycling truck is not to blame for the death of a homeless man.

The body found in cardboard bales has been identified as Te Awamutu father-of-three Daniel Bindner.

A blessing is to be held on the site of the Frankton cardboard processing factory where a body of man was found in a cardboard bale.

Staff at a Hamilton cardboard processing have been left "freaked out" after discovering body parts in a cardboard bale.

Police make major breakthrough into the crash which killed four people near Hamilton Airport on Friday night.

The driver of a red car who may hold information into a crash which claimed four young lives came forward after an appeal was made.

Part of a roof has collapsed on a section of a building on Victoria St, Hamilton, next to Centre Place Mall.

Authorities are searching for a white or light-coloured hatchback car thought to be travelling with the Nissan Skyline involved in a the fatal crash in Hamilton.

Truck driver blamed for fatal train crash.

Hamilton authorities are on the hunt for an armed fugitive on the run with his toddler in tow.

A 17-year-old could face three years imprisonment or a $50,000 fine if found guilty.

Two shootings in one Hamilton street.

A Waikato woman has admitted stealing $750,000 from her employer over five years.

A Hamilton man facing a charge over an alleged shooting in the city on Thursday plans to fight the charge.

A Hamilton man who was jailed for crashing into a group of cyclists, killing one, is back before the courts again, this time for assaulting his partner on two occasions.

Near-record crowds flocked to Fieldays near Hamilton, making it one of the biggest years in the event's history.

Paul Olsen from Opiki won only one challenge throughout the week, but he walked out a winner.

Police are looking for a man in a white car over shooting of 17-year-old boy in Hamilton.

A 17-year-old boy has been shot on a street in Hamilton, in what is now the third shooting incident on the same street in sixteen months.

The crankholder is set to revolutionise the fencing industry ... or at least make it much easier to build a fence.

Police called after gun fired at a party.

Do not approach, police warn.

The family of a zookeeper killed by a tiger at Hamilton Zoo last year are horrified a letter sent to Australasian zoos appears to blame the keeper for her death.

Roasting marshmallows with a bunch of 5-year-olds was a different challenge altogether for this year's rural bachelor contestants.

Hamilton City Council has admitted fault over the mauling of zoo keeper.

A couple who were aided by a police escort in their baby birth dash have been reunited with the officer who helped bring their new daughter into the world.

In the last three months, offenders committed six ram-raid burglaries at commercial premises which sold high-end electrical equipment.

The investment of $53.5m in schools in Tauranga, Hamilton and Hawkes Bay is part of the Budget 2016.