Traffic has been affected near Hamilton this morning after what is believed to be a diesel spill.

Police investigating the sudden, unexplained death of a man in Hamilton say a couple seen nearby may hold clues to the fatality.

A tourist has been found dead on a Hamilton road, but police say there was no foul play involved.

Ben Wilson is a founder and account director at BridgePoint, a Hamilton-based IT company that has also developed a voicemail app call Touch Voicemail.

Police have arrested one of two teenagers in relation to a fatal shooting of a man outside a south Hamilton home, but the second suspect remains at large.

Waikato’s biggest party and events hire business based at Te Rapa near Hamilton and with a trading legacy of 27 years is up for sale.

Police are following “positive leads” in locating a person who shot a man dead in Hamilton today.

A homicide enquiry is underway after a deadly shooting in a suburb yesterday evening.

A Hamilton taxi driver was allegedly found so drunk, slumped over his steering wheel covered in vomit, that he couldn't hold himself up.

A Hamilton driver who was dragged out of a car and beaten by people after he hit a 1-year-old child has been discharged from hospital.

A man was dragged out of his car and beaten on the streets of Hamilton last night after hitting a child.

Tiago Pinheiro may only have months to live now his cancer has returned so the little boy's parents have turned to controversial alternative therapies.

A Hamilton man has admitted the murder of his 8-month-old son after fighting the charge since his arrest last year.

A young woman who fought off a man trying to drag her to his car is so traumatised she may not return to work.

A woman fought off a would-be abductor in Hamilton who was trying to drag her into a car by scratching at his eyes.

Tributes flowed last night for a 23-year-old father, who died after accidentally going through a ranch-slider at a Hamilton property.

A body has been recovered from the Waikato River this morning, but police say it's too early to confirm its identity.

A young man is feared drowned after he and a friend tried to cross the Waikato River in Hamilton last night.

A 22-year-old man is believed drowned in the Waikato River at Hamilton tonight.

A student who went missing yesterday was in a "distressed state" and police have concerns for her safety.

Far from being downcast at having lost a day of World Cup preparation time, New Zealand's bowling coach Shane Bond sees a small upside out of the Eden Park washout.

Five more teenagers have been arrested at the Hamilton house where police were pelted with bottles when they tried to contain a 150-strong mob.

Eight people were arrested when a party got out of hand in Hamilton overnight.

Test match batting, check; ODI batting sorted. It's been a while between one-day hundreds for Brendon McCullum.

A slipshod batting display left Sri Lanka with a straightforward piece of business to win the second ODI at Seddon Park last night and draw level in the seven-game series.

'What I really wanted was our name to be cleared.' A Hamilton couple have broken their silence after their baby daughter died - and they were wrongly suspected.

Sonny Bill Williams' move to Hamilton will be complete when his wife and 2-month-old daughter join him from Sydney in the next few days.

Mention Waikato and what usually first comes to mind are cow-filled paddocks, a long river and a university.