Police have released new images of a knife-wielding man who threatened a lone female assistant in a Hamilton sex shop last month.

When the on-track action at Hamilton's V8 Supercars cools off next weekend, ZZ Top will fire up the fans after dark.

There's a new mayor and new promoter, now all that's needed are spectators for the Waikato Supercar event.

Firefighter Merv Neil has won a New Zealand Bravery Award for his fearless work in the Waikato coolstore fire.

Text messages Matamata horse breeder Greg Meads unloaded from his wife Helen's cellphone led him to believe she intended to be difficult about their separation, his murder trial was told today.

Two women who discovered they were both in a relationship with the same man and then ransacked his house and blackmailed him have been sentenced to 350 hours community work.

A road worker who died after he was run over by a tarseal spraying truck north-east of Hamilton on Thursday was today named by police as Graham Donald Bennie, 55, of Huntly.

All Blacks winger Joe Rokocoko has been reinstated to the Blues' starting team to play the Chiefs on Saturday.

New Zealand bounced back from an opening defeat to level the five-match series with a 2-1 victory over Japan.

One Canadian tourist is dead and another seriously injured after a car and truck collided near Hamilton today.