A crash closed SH3 north of Whanganui for three hours today. NZTA reported the crash at 10.30, at Westmere north of the Blueskin Road intersection.

Hamilton mayor Paula Southgate will leave politics in October, saying it’s time to make room for younger, emerging leaders. Southgate was elected mayor in 2019 and was the Waikato’s only ...

A motorcyclist critically injured in a crash in Palmerston North on 6 January has died in hospital. The crash, involving a car and a motorcycle, occurred at the intersection of Victoria Avenue and ...

A person has been arrested in relation to an assault at Lower Hutt’s Avalon Park in late December. The person has been charged with unlawful sexual connection, robbery, and impeding ...