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Truckie so lucky in train crash
A driver whose truck collided with a train in Morrinsville yesterday is being described as "the luckiest motorist" after he crawled out of the cab.Family man was not 'dogfather'
By AARON LEAMAN - Waikato Times
The alleged "dogfather" of the Hamilton Mongrel Mob had moved away from the gang's dealings to become a family man, the High Court in Hamilton was told yesterday.
Repeat drink driver jailed
By AARON LEAMAN - Waikato Times
A Hamilton man convicted of his sixth drink driving offence was caught behind the wheel more than three times over the legal alcohol limit.
Driver wins battle to secure unpaid taxi fares
By NIKKI PRESTON - Waikato Times
A former Hamilton Red Cabs taxi driver has been repaid money owed to him after a four-month battle with the company, but more than half a dozen of the city's drivers are still waiting to be paid back.
Uni dumps bridging course for Maori Staff
A Waikato University course that helps Maori into tertiary education has been scrapped, placing the jobs of four staff in jeopardy.
Praying for Ben after explosion
Two teenage boys have described harrowing scenes as they watched their 14-year-old friend become enveloped in a ball of flame.
Unruly police punished
Police officers have turned up to work drunk, sped unnecessarily in police cars, and while off duty have unlawfully used their police ID, and been charged with assault.
Tougher sentences for 'sadistic' robbers
Gunman's partner seeks $10,000 ACC payout
Floods devastate UK
A police officer has been swept to his death as raging floods engulfed
northern England's picturesque Lake District following the heaviest
rainfall ever recorded in Britain.
Drug resistant swine flu spreading
British health officials are investigating the likely person-to-person spread of a drug-resistant strain of swine flu, the Health Protection Agency has said.
Miley Cyrus tour bus overturns, one dead
Transsexual in Italian political scandal murdered
Fossils reveal a crocodile world
New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles.
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Coromandel harbour polluted
People are being warned not to take shellfish or swim in parts of Coromandel Harbour after a leak was discovered at the Coromandel wastewater plant.
Polluting costs more than $13,000
Two firms have been slapped with more than $13,000 in fines after allowing sediment to flow into a stream while they built a passing lane near Te Kuiti last year.
Crafar family speaks out
Beachfront owners seek council action
Project to save teal a big success
A conservation project on the northern Coromandel Peninsula is being hailed as " far the world's most prolific recovery ever recorded for an endangered waterfowl species''.
Middle Earth set for film return
Praying for Ben after explosion
EW deputy in gun for overflow deputy in gun for overflow
Tenants fear camp auction will see them evicted
Three face charges in aftermath of city death
Police raid sees 34 people arrested
Truck collides with train in Waikato
New ruling hobbles world-ranked sprinter
Attack rocks rowers on the river
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