Police say they are aware of two alleged incidents and have received one complaint involving a female teacher at a boys' Catholic college in Hamilton, but say no crime has been committed.

A female teacher at a Catholic boys' college has resigned amid allegations she had sex with two students.

Crowds gathered and bagpipe music played as a hearses containing the bodies were driven from the burnt remains of the house where three people died.

A passer-by is being hailed a hero after he jumped over a fence and repeatedly whacked a dog with a broom stick to stop it from attacking its owner.

Police are calling for witnesses to a fatal crash between a cyclist and courier van at an intersection near Hillcrest this morning.

New Zealand could soon have its first female Muslim politician in Parliament.

A judge has dismissed a Hamilton woman’s defence that a young boy’s mother gave him alcohol and not her as “beyond belief”.

A woman who was hit by a car in Hamilton early this morning has died of her injuries.

Police investigating a murder in Hamilton are interviewing a 19-year-old man who handed himself in to police in Auckland this morning.

Police say they are appalled that adults supplied a young boy with alcohol and concerned he was re-victimised when footage of his antics was posted on YouTube.

A scrub fire has forced a halt to train traffic outside Hamilton.

A Hamilton bistro has been destroyed by a fire today, devastating its owners.

Daymion Koroheke was waiting for a pizza on Christmas Eve when he heard a loud gunshot and felt searing pain in his back.

A Hamilton business owner is in an induced coma after being attacked on Friday evening when he tried to break up a drunken argument.

A body recovered from the Waikato River yesterday has been formally identified as missing Australian Paul Arber.

A body recovered from the Waikato River today was found by a group of teenage rowers from Hamilton Girls High School, police say.

Hamilton mayor Julie Hardaker says people are over the fluoridation issue and just want decisions made about their drinking water.

A forensic examination into the death of a young Hamilton woman has raised more questions than it has answered for officers investigating her death.

A teenage girl and a man have been arrested over the theft of a cache of firearms in Hamilton this week.

A woman and her young nephew had a lucky escape after their home caught fire, causing severe damage to almost half the house.

Waikato's Ukrainian community, supported by the region's European community gathered in Hamilton for a protest on Saturday. At the protest, they sang the Ukrainian National Anthem "Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia" - "The glory and freedom of Ukraine has not yet perished". Video / Danielle Zollickhofer