Police are praising Hamilton Girls' High School's emergency procedures after a girl threatened other students with a knife late this morning.

Six-time world champion Sebastien Loeb continued his spectacular charge up the Rally New Zealand leaderboard today.

Paul Rush takes a blissful stroll around Hamilton Gardens' glorious Paradise Collection.

A Chinese gymnast, now living in Huntly, has been stripped of an Olympic bronze medal for being too young during the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

A gang member and his partner have been sentenced to prison for possession of methamphetamine.