Name released of Waikato hunter shot dead by hunting party he encountered

Four recycling strikes and you're out for Hauraki residents' bins

Contamination levels across the district have risen to approximately 27%, a sharp rise from a 3% rate pre-Covid.

'You've got the whole lot!': Huntly man's surprise Lotto win

The winner of the $1 million Lotto draw didn't know he was the recipient of all four prizes until he read a news story, and checked his ticket.

Missing Cambridge cat turns up 630km away on Canterbury farm

A tortoiseshell cat missing from Cambridge for a year has turned up on a North Canterbury farm, after apparently crossing Cook Strait alone.

Hamilton accountant charged over alleged $1.3m theft from clients

David Waine appeared in Hamilton District Court on Wednesday on three charges of theft by a person in a special relationship and one of false accounting.