Mike Mather

Police documents on Tagiilima Auga's case don't reveal why he breached a protection order by being around his ex-partner in downtown Hamilton - but they reveal the outcome in stark detail.

A Hamilton man who flew into a rage after his chess partner declared he did not want to keep playing against him punched his opponent in the face, causing him to lose a tooth.

Hikurangi Lamont Harrison, 28, was sentenced to six months of home detention and ordered to pay $500 in reparations when he appeared in the Hamilton District Court on Friday.

“I've got four counts of manslaughter and I want to make you the fifth,” Dylan Cossey told a police constable who had just arrived on the scene, outside a dairy on Maeroa Rd, Hamilton.

Ian Baucom, UVA’s executive vice president and provost, will depart Charlottesville in March to become Middlebury College’s new president. (University Communications photo)

A supposedly “boxy” $5 million home being built by a former Black Cap in an affluent Hamilton suburb can be completed, a High Court judge has ruled, ending a long-running saga.

The Waikato's new regional theatre is about to become a theatre of mystery - or, to describe it a little more eloquently, a masterpiece mystery theatre.

New Zealanders need to be wary of forgetting certain chapters of the country's past - lest they mirror trends happening elsewhere, two top historians say.

DeepSeek, a Chinese company that developed an AI model for pennies on the dollar when compared to U.S. efforts, is upending technology investments. (Photo by Matt Riley, University Communications)

Did you fill your calendar with sticky notes detailing lofty New Year’s resolutions, only to run out of steam right about now? McIntire School of Commerce professor Sarah Memmi can help get you back on track. (Photo by Matt Riley, University Communications)