Family's new life eases sorrow
Quake anniversary to be marked in Waikato
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5:00am A Huntly mother remains positive about finding her son who disappeared after jumping in the Waikato River on Friday.
Fraudster's appeal fails
5:00am Ken Ross has failed in his latest bid to overturn his fraud conviction.
Two patients left paralysed
5:00am Two people who ended up as paraplegics after medical treatment have received more than $200,000 each in compensation.
Childfree Kiwis 'often cruelly judged'
5:00am Just because a woman has a womb, doesn't mean she should have to use it, says researcher Theresa Riley.
Niwa warns of 'praying mantis of sea'
5:00am Alien skeleton shrimps may have already invaded Waikato's coast.
Fans respond well
Sonny Bill fever and a new "Rolls Royce backline" for the Chiefs appears to be paying off as fans flock to buy season tickets.
Drugs in mum's handbag
The mother of the Fairfield College student who took party pills to school and gave them to her friends was admonished for poor parenting decisions in Hamilton District Court yesterday.
Employers cast net wide
Fire 'deliberately lit'
Hairdresser drives recycling
A Hamilton hairdresser is working to pretty-up the environment through a new recycling initiative.
Champs use meet for buildup
Valerie Adams and Stuart Farquhar eased into their field events seasons at Porritt Stadium on Saturday with the London Olympics in mind.
Williams still wants Olympics
Two frustrating years of injuries have failed to knock Hamilton sprinter Monique Williams' determination to qualify for the London Olympics.
Hamilton demolish Wairarapa
Waikato lose 4-0
Chiefs still have work to do
The Chiefs will revisit their breakdown work after being heavily penalised despite a 38-36 pre-season trial victory over the Highlanders.
Pritchard to lead agency
The new chief executive of Hamilton's economic development agency is its acting leader Rob Pritchard.
Debacle Government's fault, say growers
Kiwifruit producers want a full inquiry into marketer Zespri and the structure of the industry, reports Andrea Fox.
NZX to manage Fonterra scheme
Zespri deputy won't step aside
Agriculture pushes province
Waikato businesses are "cautiously optimistic" about the year ahead, local business leaders say.
LIC earnings rise
Dairy farmer cooperative LIC saw interim revenue and underlying earnings lift, thanks to demand for its solutions to make dairying more efficient and productive.
Optimism from booming sheep industry
Sheep are becoming the new gold, says PGG Wrightson Waikato auction sales manager Neil Lyons.
Record turnout as farmers consider share options
Boost in Tb funding shows council listens
Eight young farmers will battle at Mystery Creek
The Waikato-Bay of Plenty regional final of the Young Farmer Contest will be tough.
The secret diary of... Sonny Bill Williams
Monday - Hit the bag with my right hand and think positive thoughts.
How to deal with wildlife in a wallet
I was carefully brought up by parents who had social rules for all manner of occasions, but nothing in my past instruction had ever covered the public display of a cockroach in one's wallet.
At deadline time, what can go wrong will go wrong
Editorial - Counting the cost of the nay-sayers
Central city cinema makes its undignified exit
Thus ended 20 years of mainstream movie exhibition in the heart of the city. It was a whimper, not a bang.
Unfit teachers in class
Hundreds of teachers have criminal convictions and many are not fit to teach, newly released figures show.
Ruling waits upon five wise heads
After decades of debate, the fate of Transmission Gully will be in the hands of five people charged with deciding whether the road will go ahead as planned.
Medical errors cost ACC $7.6m
Volunteers' truck that won't stop
Bus survivor praises her rescuers
Ann Brower, the sole survivor of the No3 bus crushed on Colombo St in Christchurch last February 22, pays tribute to her rescuers.
Kiwi jailed in Australia wins appeal
A Kiwi who choked and bit his girlfriend has beaten a bid to deport him from Australia.
Families escape Homs
Syrian security forces eased their week-long bombardment of the central city of Homs on Sunday and let a few families leave opposition districts.
Suu Kyi hits campaign trail
Uzbek admits plot to kill Obama
Kiwi firm clears mines in Laos
Laos can be a dangerous country, with thousands of mines and unexploded explosive devices littering the countryside.
Sploratory
Amanda Wright has morphed from a trance-loving greenie to the organiser of highly successful festival Splore.
Where tequila fans will be spoilt for choice
They have something like 80 different tequilas at the Flying Burrito Brothers.
Be my valentine (??)
Datsuns perform powerful set at volume
Spirit of the land
From this special garden comes fresh organic food grown according to tikanga, a veritable taste sensation, full of nutrients.
Windows 8 a bold new step
Microsoft's reimagining of the Windows personal computer operating system has got PC World writers Jason Cross and Nate Ralph excited.
Review - CouchMouse M515
The CouchMouse, designed for those of us who operate personal computers from our couches, is sealed so fabric fuzz won't collect in the device's sensor opening.
Tech tips - Data usage on smartphones
Me and my gadget - Triumph motorcycle
Me and my gadget - 3M Ergonomic Mouse
Shane Hobson, retailer relationship manager for Ultrafast Fibre in Hamilton, tells Chris Gardner why he won't boot up his laptop without a 3M Ergonomic Mouse at his side.
Whitney Houston found dead
Whitney Houston, who once ruled as pop music's queen, has been found dead in Beverly Hills.
North Korea's A-ha! moment
Five young North Korean musicians add a playful twist to one of the most popular Western pop songs of the 1980s.
Adele puts fears to rest
LeAnn takes on Chelsea
Baby Blue Ivy makes debut
Beyonce and Jay-Z release the first family pictures of their daughter Blue Ivy Carter.
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