Waikato Herald

16/09/2025

Unions are calling on the Government to help the Tokoroa community after workers were told of the likely closure of the plywood plant in the town.

Mayor says it had been a tough year for the district.

15/09/2025

The premium subdivision offers sweeping views over Tairua Harbour.

Earthworks began in 2021 with extensive hill clearing.

12/09/2025

Jetstar will launch daily jet services between Hamilton and Christchurch.

It is the first time Jetstar will operate a domestic route out of Hamilton.

10/09/2025

A woman who died in a Matamata crash has been remembered as a “great big character” who was “larger than life”.

10/09/2025

Two campuses are set to be saved from closure, but more than 150 jobs will still go at a tertiary training institute in the Bay of Plenty and South Waikato. 👇

10/09/2025

Fresh images have emerged showing the campsite where Tom Phillips’ children were found while their fugitive father made a desperate last stand in a shoot-out with police.👇

09/09/2025

Tom Phillips came to a remote Te Anga farmhouse and asked two women to help him with his broken down 4WD while on the run from police, telling his apparently “disguised” children to stay inside the vehicle as the women tried to help, the husband of one says.

08/09/2025

The Commissioner of Police is travelling to the Waikato this morning in the wake of the dramatic end to fugitive Tom Phillips’ four years on the run with his children.

07/09/2025

| During the incident one person was shot and killed by police and another taken into custody.

07/09/2025

Police are responding to a serious incident in western Waikato this morning. 👇👇

04/09/2025

“Maybe you’ve gone hunting and seen a vehicle parked up and not thought much of it, and then returned another time and it’s still there."

03/09/2025

The incident unfolded on August 19 after officers were called to a property after a report of a crash in Hillcrest.

A 32-year-old man has been charged with multiple offences, including resisting police.