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A 22-year-old has avoided jail for her part in a “serious attack” that left a man unconscious in Taupō, an attack even her lawyer admitted left her “disgusted” at her actions.

A Hamilton teacher censured for telling a student “you only scream like that when you're being raped” has resigned from Rototuna Junior High School.

What a difference 11 months can make. In that time, a Kāinga Ora property in Hamilton East went from “clean and undamaged” to “holes in the

A Te Kuiti woman has avoided having her family trust-owned home seized by the Crown after it was deemed an “instrument of crime” due to cannabis cultivation - but she has been left with a bill of $67,023.78.

More than 1.3 million illegal cigarettes - and $170,000 cash - has been seized after search warrants across Waikato, Rotorua and Auckland.

A Hamilton man who took part in a violent home invasion - and who owned the “get-away car” that was later found at his home - has failed in a High Court bid to appeal his conviction.

What was meant to be a “birthday party” treat for Hikawera Hutana has left him instead facing the possibility of a life sentence behind bars.

A truck driver whose boss repeatedly called him by an unwanted nickname, referenced past trauma and pressured him to break transport rules has been

Comment Waikato was one of New Zealand's strongest-performing retail regions in June, with Fieldays and increased grocery shopping helping buck a nationwide decline in consumer spending.