A heartless fraud
As a grieving father prepared to bury his son a worker started cleaning out his bank account. Aaron Leaman reports.Accused named in $1.4m case
Waikato Times
A woman at the centre of an alleged $1.4 million bank fraud in the Waikato can now be named.
Fuel Festival runs on empty
By ROB KIDD - Waikato Times
Hamilton might lose one of its premier arts festivals after organisers confirmed a $50,000 deficit after this year's programme.
Police hunt armed dairy robber
Waikato Times
A man armed with a gun attempted to rob a Hamilton East dairy yesterday afternoon.
Teens rounded up
Waikato Times
Five teenagers were arrested for a series of car break-ins at Melville overnight.
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Stickers theft bewildering
Thieves have swiped up to $20,000 worth of "pavement stickers", part of a campaign to raise awareness for the Waikato SPCA's new headquarters, from around central Hamilton.
Indoor centre at design stage
A group has been set up to consider designs for the proposed indoor sport and events centre in Tokoroa.
Historic hotel to be restored
Working for better community
Kahui back – on the bench
All Blacks star Richard Kahui is to return to top rugby for Waikato via the bench against North Harbour at Albany on Saturday night after getting the all-clear from medical staff.
Kahui's busting to play
All Black star Richard Kahui is an outside chance to return to competitive rugby for Waikato this weekend.
Stint with British club an eye-opener
HBHS effort makes a third title possible
Anesi's legs in run for Chiefs spot
Sosene Anesi has not been offered a contract by the Waratahs for a second Super rugby season and he wants to return to the Chiefs.
Gently stoking the fire
Cambridge galloper Firebolt, New Zealand's sole entry in the A$1 million Epsom Handicap at Randwick on October 2, is battling against time to make the Sydney feature but showed he was going the right way with a fine trials win at Te Teko yesterday.
Like father like son
Brett McDonald's own Mudgway Partsworld Stakes triumph was consigned to a distant and far less significant second place on Saturday.
Dude primed for Spring Classic
Spratt eyes a change of luck on Mufhasa
Banchee burns up the track
Star filly Banchee carried the colours of Peter and Philip Vela for the first time at the Te Teko trials.
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Construction firms set for hard times ahead
Commercial building consents in Hamilton city have hit a low, with just four consents approved last month, and construction companies are warning of a tough 18 months ahead.
Hospitality couple gear up for world rowing champs
Sandra and Leslie Marston plan to let the food do the talking for them at their newest venture.
Historic Hotel to be restored to glory
Students sell their wares at trade fair
No Kiwi takers for World Cup business club
Local businesses are yet to have registered for the Rugby World Cup 2011 Business Club.
NZ title now in environment awards
The Waikato's cleanest and greenest farmer will go head to head with other regional winners in next year's Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
Black beetle batters beleaguered farms
Dairy farmer Martin Henton is using his microlight to assess pasture damage done by the black beetle.
Fert firm has black beetle in gun sights
'Nit-picking' curbs cell count
$170m aid programme for dairying
Dairy farmers are to get more help on sustainable practices.
Shattered trust
What drives a loyal worker to betray the faith shown them and defraud their employer? As our courts deal with a slew of cases, Aaron Leaman investigates.
A spring in your step
Daffodils are not far away, and spring fashion is blooming.
Healthy bites
Curtain raised on stage fight
Diary of a shopaholic
In recent years Hamilton has been embroiled in debate over retail expansion to the north of the city.
