Education consultant admits $150k fraud

A former education consultant has pleaded guilty in the Tauranga District Court to receiving $150,000 in kickbacks (file ...

Guilty plea comes partway through fraud trial.

Chimps reduce carbon footprint

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News: Hamilton Zoo animals are hot and bothered with recent tempretures ...

The heat has been turned up on the Hamilton City Council's efforts to combat climate change.

Faeces, flies and a waterfall

DOC ranger Des Brownlee does a "spade run" around Wairere Falls' carpark to pick up poo, which visitors leave behind.

Tourist's answering nature's call are soiling the surrounds at one of NZ's tallest waterfalls.

Chiefs told to get heads in the game

Chiefs assistant coach Neil Barnes says the team's slow starts are likely due to a mental lapse.

Chiefs to get more physical in warmup, but coaching staff feel it's upstairs where players need to adjust most to combat slow starts.

Fire crews under pressure

Ngāruawāhia Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Karl Lapwood says they are attending an unprecedented number of call outs at ...

Fire crews around Waikato are "unpleasantly busy" as the dry weather continues to cause problems.

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Three injured after crash

Two cars collided on Gordonton Rd by Boyd Rd, leaving three injured.

Two vehicles collided on Gordonton Rd leaving three people with moderate to serious injuries.

Kids going without lunch

The breakfast club at Te Kohanga School is busiest on Mondays, when children haven't eaten properly over the weekend ...

Breakfast club at Te Kohanga School is busy on Fridays. The food at home has run out by then.

Mt Ruapehu crater lake heats up video

The water in the crater lake Te Wai ā-moe has increased following earthquakes beneath Mount Ruapehu (file photo).

A series of "tiny earthquakes" and rising water temperatures at Te Wai ā-moe is actually reassuring, experts say.

Hamilton teachers self-isolate

A housemaster at St Paul's Collegiate School in Hamilton has been put into self-isolation due to the coronavirus.

Schools act after couple discovered that their house guests shared plane with first coronavirus case.

Seven ill on cruise ship

The Ministry of Health said the sick people on Voyager of the Seas have influenza or gastroenteritis (file photo).

Voyager of the Seas docked in Tauranga on Monday, but the Ministry of Health says there's no coronavirus risk.

'Urgent' need for scooter/cycle paths

Hamiltonians have embraced e-scooters in a big way - yet Hamilton remains a largely e-scooter unfriendly environment.

Hamiltonians have embraced e-scooters, but Hamilton remains a far from e-scooter-friendly environment.

Clash over meters

Waikato Councillors hold strong, but opposing views on installing water meters for the purpose of conserving water.

A recent informal chat between councillors has raised the contentious issue of water meters in Hamilton.

Paragliding crash at Karioitahi

A man is in hospital after a paragliding crash.

A paraglider activated his personal locator beacon after a paragliding crash.

Hamilton dairy robbed

A staff member was assaulted in a dairy robbery in Hamilton.

A dairy staff member was assaulted when two people robbed the store armed with a knife.

Robbery in Ngaruawahia

A store on Durham St in Ngaruawahia was robbed.

Staff were threatened with a knife in an aggravated robbery where a group stole cigarettes.

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Volcano seafood study

The Ministry for Primary Industries wants to test seafood from around Whakaari/White Island for toxic elements.

MPI hopes to test seafood near volcano for toxic compounds such as arsenic and mercury.

Man arrested after police chase

Pursuit through city kicked off when police spied a stolen vehicle in Hamilton.

Hauraki Plains’ drains of death

Couple accosted for cash

business

Job 'recommended for boys'

Pukete Food Market's Gursevak Sandhu has apologised for the comment, saying he never wants to discriminate.

Men aren't the only people who can lift stuff, says potential applicant for a Hamilton grocery store job.

Drought declared in Waikato, South Auckland

An aerial view of farm land near Te Awamutu. Agriculture Minister Damian O'Connor has made a drought classification for ...

A total of $80,000 is available for rural support trust to help farmers cope with drought.

Farm environment awards finalists

Waipā Meadow dairy farmers Rach and Tim Phillips, Ōtorohanga.

Technology and innovative thinking puts these farms ahead of the rest.

Port of Tauranga tips profit slide

Tug Master Troy Evans brings in the mammoth 11,500 capacity container ship Maersk Alfrik into the Port of Tauranga

The port company has revised down profit expectations to under $100m for the full year.

Fire rips through firewood business video

Rob and Margaret Sheehan are thankful no one was hurt in the fire which destroyed some of their equipment used for their ...

Rob Sheehan ran out in his underwear to find his business on fire.

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Chiefs told to get heads in the game

Chiefs assistant coach Neil Barnes says the team's slow starts are likely due to a mental lapse.

Chiefs to get more physical in warmup, but coaching staff feel it's upstairs where players need to adjust most to combat slow starts.

Chiefs' unique player development

HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 22:  Chiefs coach Warren Gatland (L) and Tabai Matson (R) during the round four Super ...

Warren Gatland says Chiefs' innovative approach to player development early in the season has been valuable.

Chiefs 2021 coach revealed

Clayton McMillan will coach the Chiefs in the 2021 Super Rugby season.

Clayton McMillan named to fill in for Warren Gatland in next year's Super Rugby season.

Chiefs' double ABs blow

Chiefs prop Angus Ta'avao is set for a longer stint on the sidelines after a scan revealed a quad tear and not a knee injury.

Chiefs' bye week soured with injury news on Angus Ta'avao and Luke Jacobson.

Chiefs desperate to fix slow starts

Chiefs coach Warren Gatland concedes his side might have to come out of the changing room more pumped up.

They've played from behind in every match this year, and Warren Gatland knows it can't continue.

opinion

More handwashing, less handwringing.

You want powerful protective measures against the new virus? They're already at hand.

OPINION: We ignore the simplest expert advice at our peril.

Ocean's comfort becoming threat

Our ocean is the largest ecosystem on Earth. It generates half of the oxygen we breathe and contains more than 97 per ...

The relentless march of the sea isn;t a reason to not protect the species in harbours.

Let's not bait our scientists

The whitebait fishery is in trouble.

OPINION: Now here's a grizzle that hasn't survived the test of time. You'd think.

Here there (won't) be monsters

A secretive group excavating a cave they believe is filled with a race of pre-Polynesian giants' skeletons have iwi and ...

Attempts to find a pre-Maori race of giants is both bad science, bad history and bad race relations.

Scourge of 'scungy developers'

We know we have to go up - isn't it time Hamilton City Council plans for sufficient green space to improve quality of ...

Are we really at their mercy? More likely it's politicians appealing to pre-existing Nimby attitudes.

Life & Style

'Urgent' need for scooter/cycle paths

Hamiltonians have embraced e-scooters in a big way - yet Hamilton remains a largely e-scooter unfriendly environment.

Hamiltonians have embraced e-scooters, but Hamilton remains a far from e-scooter-friendly environment.

'Just utterly incredible'

Eve Gordon played the lead role as Steph who is tempted down into the underworld.

Imagine an adult only version of Cirque du Soleil with a unique Kiwi twist and you've got Pulp, writes Nicola Brennan-Tupara

Alone on the land video

Philip says a yak over a few beers used to be the best way to share your problems but younger farmers are migrating to ...

Some rural neighbours don't speak face to face much because they're on social media. For some it's a recipe for isolation, for others, a lifesaver.

Virus triggers pandemic plans

Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay says every medical practice must have good supply of  personal protective ...

DHBs ask to take stock of protective equipment while councils plan for virus arrival.

Finale for garden arts fest

The Big Muffin Serious Band are appropriately attired for their for concert in the Surrealist Garden on Saturday night.

Wellington collective Fly My Pretties will perform two hours of music on Saturday night.

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